Table 3B.
Effect of 6 weeks of Ocimum sanctum treatment on 6 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 | 3.76 ± 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 ∗ ± 0.24 |
4.01 ∗∗∗ ± 0.41 |
4.08 ∗∗∗∗ ± 0.29 |
3.7 ∗∗∗ ± 0.34 |
2.86 ∗ ± 0.48 |
2.96 ∗ ± 0.26 |
| Stress+2 ml OSE (S+2-OSE) | 6 | 4.16 & aaa ± 0.37 |
6.13 && aaa ± 0.25 |
6.3 & aaaa ± 0.59 |
5.51 aaaa ± 0.52 |
4.3 aa ± 0.46 |
3.4 aa ± 0.21 |
| Stress+4 ml OSE (S+4-OSE) | 6 | 3.6 b cc ± 0.32 |
5.66 bbb ± 0.5 |
6.15 bbbb ± 0.32 |
5.73 # bbbb ± 0.35 |
5.05 # bbb ± 0.84 |
3.45 bb ± 0.17 |
| F value | 10.18 | 28.65 | 39.23 | 24.27 | 11.39 | 5.06 | |
| P value | P < 0.001 | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.01 | |
Each value represents Mean ± SD; n = number of rats, NC vs. S + S: ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗∗P < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗P < 0.0001; NC vs. S+2-OSE: & P < 0.05, && P < 0.01; NC vs. S+4-OSE: #P < 0.05; S + S vs. S+2-OSE: aa P < 0.01, aaa P < 0.001, aaaa P < 0.0001; S + S vs. S+4-OSE: b P < 0.05, bb P < 0.01, bbb P < 0.001, bbbb P < 0.0001; S+2-OSE vs. S+4-OSE: cc P < 0.01; (One way ANOVA, Bonferroni's test).