Table 1C.
Effect of 3 weeks of Ocimum sanctum treatment on 3 week-stress undergoing rats- Substantia nigral neuronal dendritic branching points.
| Groups | n | Concentric zones |
Total dendritic branching points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-20 μ | 20-40 μ | 40-60 μ | 60-80 μ | 80-100 μ | |||
| Normal Control (NC) | 6 | 0.49 ± 0.21 |
2.14 ± 0.52 |
1.21 ± 0.6 |
0.64 ± 0.16 |
0.29 ± 0.15 |
4.79 ± 0.76 |
| Stress + Saline (S + S) | 6 | 0.31 ± 0.18 |
1.66 ± 0.36 |
0.75 ± 0.25 |
0.46 ± 0.16 |
0.11 ∗ ± 0.075 |
3.31 ∗∗ ± 0.43 |
| Stress+2 ml OSE (S+2-OSE) | 6 | 0.59 ± 0.32 |
1.92 ± 0.6 |
1.15 ± 0.36 |
0.4 ± 0.2 |
0.39 aa ± 0.12 |
4.49 a ± 0.94 |
| Stress+4 ml OSE (S+4-OSE) | 6 | 0.55 ± 0.13 |
2.26 b ± 0.3 |
1.4 b ± 0.46 |
0.75 b c ± 0.32 |
0.33 bb ± 0.12 |
5.3 bbb ± 0.71 |
| F value | 1.87 | 1.96 | 2.34 | 3.22 | 6.12 | 7.95 | |
| P value | NS | NS | NS | P < 0.5 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | |
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: b P < 0.05, bb P < 0.01, bbb P < 0.001; S+2-OSE vs. S+4-OSE: c P < 0.05; (One way ANOVA, Bonferroni's test).