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Table 1 Elevated plus maze behavioral assay

From: Novel drug therapy of acute hepatic failure induced in rats by a combination of tadalafil and Lepidium sativum

Treatment

Control

CCL4 liver failure

Tadalafil

Lepidium sativum

Combination (Tadalafil and LS)

P value

Number of enters in open arms

5 ± 0.79a

1.9 ± 0.33b

2.7 ± 0.3b

1.6 ± 0.18b

5 ± 0.5a

< 0.0001

Time spent in open rms (min)

82.90 ± 11.45a

20.50 ± 2.236b

50 ± 3.5c

15.10 ± 0.5099b

55 ± 3.5c

< 0.0001

Number of enters in closed arms

5.3 ± 0.7a

2 ± 0.3bc

2.9 ± 0.3c

1.6 ± 0.18c

4.6 ± 0.4ab

< 0.0001

Time spent in closed arm (min)

213 ± 18.07a

280 ± 3.5b

281 ± 3.6b

284.3 ± 2.4b

248.3 ± 1.8ab

< 0.0001

  1. Means ± SE with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05). CCL4 (Carbon tetrachloride) and LS (Lepidium sativum)