Table 1B.
Effect of 3 weeks of Ocimum sanctum treatment on 3 week-stress undergoing rats- Substantia nigral neuronal dendritic intersections and processes.
| Groups | n | Distance from Soma (μ) |
No. of dendritic processes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 40 | 60 | 80 | 100 | |||
| Normal Control (NC) | 6 | 3.5 ± 0.36 |
5.28 ± 0.56 |
5.57 ± 0.54 |
4.62 ± 0.56 |
3.42 ± 0.62 |
3.06 ± 0.13 |
| Stress + Saline (S + S) | 6 |
3.11 ∗ ± 0.17 |
4.41 ∗∗ ± 0.38 |
4.31 ∗∗ ± 0.34 |
3.86 ∗ ± 0.46 |
2.75 ± 0.35 |
2.85 ± 0.12 |
| Stress+2 ml OSE (S+2-OSE) | 6 | 3.16 ± 0.3 |
5.19 a ± 0.47 |
5.43 aa ± 0.68 |
4.09 ± 0.61 |
2.84 ± 0.58 |
3.01 ± 0.27 |
| Stress+4 ml OSE (S+4-OSE) | 6 | 3.43 ± 0.23 |
5.33 bb ± 0.32 |
5.7 bb ± 0.56 |
5.18 bb cc ± 0.61 |
3.91 bb cc ± 0.64 |
2.93 ± 0.17 |
| F value | 2.9887 | 5.7388 | 8.2547 | 6.5471 | 5.6253 | 1.5308 | |
| P value | P < 0.05 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | NS | |
Each value represents Mean ± SD; n = number of rats, NS – not significant, NC vs. S + S: ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01; S + S vs. S+2-OSE: a P < 0.05, aa P < 0.01; S + S vs. S+4-OSE: bb P < 0.01; S+2-OSE vs. S+4-OSE: cc P < 0.01; (One way ANOVA, Bonferroni's test).