Table 2B.
Effect of 3 weeks of Ocimum sanctum treatment on 3 week-stressed 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 | 3.76 ± 0.26 |
5.26 ± 0.46 |
5.65 ± 0.31 |
5.11 ± 0.56 |
4.03 ± 0.77 |
3.3 ± 0.3 |
| Stress + Saline (S + S) | 6 | 3.21 ∗∗ ± 0.28 |
4.31 ∗∗ ± 0.4 |
4.4 ∗∗∗ ± 0.25 |
3.85 ∗∗ ± 0.53 |
3.01 ∗ ± 0.53 |
2.9 ∗ ± 0.21 |
| Stress+2 ml OSE (S+2-OSE) | 6 | 4.13 aaa ± 0.29 |
5.58 aaa ± 0.67 |
5.65 aaa ± 0.39 |
4.61 ± 0.37 |
3.73 ± 0.77 |
3.21 ± 0.26 |
| Stress +4 ml OSE (S+4-OSE) | 6 | 4.08 bbb ± 0.39 |
5.23 bb ± 0.2 |
5.95 bbb ± 0.7 |
4.95 bb ± 0.84 |
3.83 ± 0.65 |
3.28 b ± 0.29 |
| F value | 11.23 | 8.33 | 14.25 | 5.24 | 2.51 | 2.89 | |
| P value | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.01 | NS | NS | |
Each value represents Mean ± SD; n = number of rats, NS – not significant, NC vs. S + S: ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, ∗∗∗P < 0.001; S + S vs. S+2-OSE: aaa P < 0.001; S + S vs. S+4-OSE: b P < 0.05, bb P < 0.01, bbb P < 0.001; (One way ANOVA, Bonferroni's test).