Table 1 Comparison of histopathological scores among the groups

2

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.3 ± 0.3

0. 00 ± 0.00

0.1 ± 0.1

14

1.5 ± 0.4

2.3 ± 0.07

2.9 ± 0.1^**

2.9 ± 0.1^***

3.0 ± 0.0^**

21

1.0 ± 0.0

2.7 ± 0.18^***

2.9 ± 0.1^***

2.9 ± 0.1^***

3.0 ± 0.0^***

2

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0^#

1.6 ± 0.6^*

1.8 ± 0.3^*

1.6 ± 0.4^*

14

1.2 ± 0.4

1.7 ± 0.4

1.9 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.2

2.2 ± 0.2

21

1.5 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.1

1.9 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.3

2.5 ± 0.1^*

2

0.0 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.1^*

1.2 ± 0.0^***

1.5 ± 0.0^***

1.3 ± 0.1^***

14

1.4 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.1

2.0 ± 0.1^*

2.6 ± 0.1^***,#

2.8 ± 0.2^***,#

21

2.8 ± 0.0

2.8 ± 0.1

2.9 ± 0.1

2.9 ± 0.1

3.0 ± 0.1

2

2.6 ± 0.2

2.0 ± 0.1

2.9 ± 0.1

2.8 ± 0.2

2.7 ± 0.1

14

2.9 ± 0.1

2.3 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.1^*

1.3 ± 0.2^***,###

1.2 ± 0.1^{***, ##}

21

2.3 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.1^*

1.3 ± 0.1^*

0.9 ± 0.1^**

0.9 ± 0.3^**

2

1.2 ± 0.1

1.1 ± 0.2

1.5 ± 0.1

1.3 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.2

14

2.2 ± 0.2

2.5 ± 0.2

2.7 ± 0.1

2.8 ± 0.1^*

2.9 ± 0.1^**

21

2.3 ± 0.2

2.6 ± 0.1

2.7 ± 0.2

2.9 ± 0.1^*

3.0 ± 0.1^*

2

1.0 ± 0.0

1.4 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.0

1.4 ± 0.1

1.5 ± 0.2

14

2.1 ± 0.1

2.5 ± 0.1

2.7 ± 0.1^**

3.3 ± 0.2^{***, #}

3.0 ± 0.1^***

21

2.4 ± 0.0

3.2 ± 0.1^**

3.3 ± 0.1^***

3.6 ± 0.1^***

3.9 ± 0.1^{***, # #}