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Table 1 Mean ± SD uterus and vaginal weight and length after 8 weeks of intervention with GBR and its bioactives in oophorectomised rats

From: Germinated brown rice and its bioactives modulate the activity of uterine cells in oophorectomised rats as evidenced by gross cytohistological and immunohistochemical changes

Groups

Sham

OVX

OVX + oestrogen 0.2 mg/kg

OVX + Remifemin 20 mg/kg

OVX + GBR 200 mg/kg

OVX + ASG 200 mg/kg

OVX + ORZ 200 mg/kg

OVX + GABA 200 mg/kg

Uterus weight(g)

0.91 ± 0.18b

0.41 ± 0.08c

1.31 ± 0.32a

0.56 ± 0.05c

0.85 ± 0.04b

0.88 ± 0.07b

0.89 ± 0.06b

0.87 ± 0.04b

Uterus length (cm)

5.05 ± 0.39a

3.21 ± 0.41b

5.85 ± 0.89 a

3.99 ± 0.31b

5.06 ± 0.44 a

5.21 ± 0.40 a

5.14 ± 0.35 a

5.06 ± 0.29 a

Vaginal weight(g)

0.19 ± 0.05a

0.06 ± 0.01b

0.17 ± 0.04a

0.05 ± 0.01b

0.18 ± 0.06a

0.18 ± 0.06a

0.19 ± 0.04a

0.17 ± 0.04a

Vaginal length (cm)

0.94 ± 0.08a

0.27 ± 0.06b

0.89 ± 0.08a

0.33 ± 0.03b

0.94 ± 0.04a

0.93 ± 0.04a

0.91 ± 0.05a

0.90 ± 0.07a

  1. Means Comparisons for all pairs using Tukey-Kramer HSD ( values with different superscripts a, b, c in the same row are significantly different p < 0.0001).