Table 3C.
Effect of 6 weeks of Ocimum sanctum treatment on 6 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 | 0.55 ± 0.2 |
2.5 ± 0.46 |
1.6 ± 0.53 |
0.96 ± 0.4 |
0.53 ± 0.39 |
6.15 ± 1.17 |
| Stress + Saline (S + S) | 6 | 0.31 ± 0.13 |
1.08 ∗∗∗∗ ± 0.24 |
0.98 ∗ ± 0.17 |
0.46 ∗∗ ± 0.17 |
0.13 ∗ ± 0.081 |
2.98 ∗∗∗∗ ± 0.34 |
| Stress+2 ml OSE (S+2-OSE) | 6 | 0.4 ± 0.28 |
2.53 aaaa ± 0.29 |
1.41 ± 0.23 |
0.9 aa ± 0.16 |
0.55 a ± 0.1 |
5.9 aaaa ± 0.48 |
| Stress+4 ml OSE (S+4-OSE) | 6 | 0.45 ± 0.18 |
2.38 bbb ± 0.51 |
1.58 b ± 0.46 |
0.93 bb ± 0.13 |
0.65 bb ± 0.31 |
6.0 bbbb ± 0.4 |
| F value | 1.63 | 19.06 | 3.46 | 5.78 | 4.77 | 29.64 | |
| P value | NS | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.05 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.05 | P < 0.0001 | |
Each value represents Mean ± SD; n = number of rats, NS – not significant, NC vs. S + S: ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, ∗∗∗∗P < 0.0001; S + S vs. S+2-OSE: a P < 0.05, aa P < 0.01, 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; (One way ANOVA, Bonferroni's test).