. 2023 Jan 9;2023:1725638. doi: 10.1155/2023/1725638

Table 1.

Behavior study of rats treated with P. dactylifera by elevated plus maze test.

Treatment group	Number of entries in open arm	Number of entries in closed arm	Distance travelled in open arm (m)	Distance travelled in closed arm (m)
Normal control (saline 10 ml/kg)	3.4 ± 1.14	3.2 ± 0.836	2.59 ± 0.54	1.938 ± 0.5
Alzheimer's control (saline 10 ml/kg)	9 ± 1.00^∗∗∗	9.4 ± 1.14^∗∗∗	2.33 ± 0.77^NS	4.531 ± 0.5^∗∗∗
Rivastigmine (10 mg/kg)	10 ± 1.00^∗∗∗	7 ± 1.00^∗∗∗	3.86 ± 0.87^∗∗	3.16 ± 0.91^∗
Seed extract (100 mg/kg)	2.2 ± 0.83^NS	1.4 ± 0.54^NS	1.518 ± 0.2^∗	0.398 ± 0.21^∗∗
Seed extract (200 mg/kg)	5.2 ± 0.83^∗	4.4 ± 0.54^NS	2.45 ± 0.19^NS	1.587 ± 0.26^NS
Seed extract (400 mg/kg)	8.4 ± 1.14^∗∗∗	6.4 ± 1.14^∗∗∗	3.87 ± 0.69^∗∗	3.251 ± 0.79^∗∗

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM with significant levels of ^∗∗∗p < 0.001, ^∗∗p < 0.01, ^∗p < 0.05, and NS are nonsignificant compared to the normal control group.