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Table 1 Elevated Plus Maze and Morris Water Maze test of hydroponically (HyL) and soil-grown (SoL) lettuce

From: In vitro and in vivo evaluations of antioxidative, anti-Alzheimer, antidiabetic and anticancer potentials of hydroponically and soil grown Lactuca sativa

Sr. No.

Test group

Elevated Plus Maze

Morris Water Maze

Closed arm zone (cm)

Open arm zone (cm)

Total time in the platform quadrant (sec)

The first entry in the platform quadrant (sec)

1

Normal control

103.1 ± 2.1abcde

93.7 ± 3.9abcde

12.7 ± 0.9bcde

8.1 ± 1.0bcde

2

Alzheimer control

165.0 ± 4.3abcf

33.3 ± 4.6abdf

3.1 ± 0.5abf

30.3 ± 2.2abcf

3

Rivastigmine 10mg/kg

109.6 ± 4.2bcdef

83.4 ± 3.1bcdef

11.6 ± 1.3bcde

10.8 ± 1.0bcde

4

HyL 200mg/kg

87.6 ± 4.5abcdef

63.7 ± 3.9abcdef

10.2 ± 1.2cde

13.2 ± 1.1bcde

5

HyL 100mg/kg

103.0 ± 1.8abcde

53.1 ± 1.6abcdef

8.4 ± 0.1def

19.6 ± 0.2abcde

6

HyL 50mg/kg

126.4 ± 1.6acdef

43.1 ± 1.6acdef

5.3 ± 0.1af

22.7 ± 0.2ade

7

SoL 200mg/kg

129.7 ± 4.8acdef

42.1 ± 4.6acdef

7.7 ± 0.6adef

22.0 ± 2.3ade

8

SoL 100mg/kg

156.1 ± 1.7abdef

34.1 ± 1.3abdf

6.1 ± 0.1af

25.3 ± 0.2ade

9

SoL 50mg/kg

167.0 ± 3.2abcf

24.0 ± 1.5abcef

3.1 ± 0.2abf

29.5 ± 0.2abc

  1. Values expressed as means (n = 7) ± SD with *p < 0.05 in comparison with Rivastigmine representing “a”, SoL 200 mg/kg representing “b”, SoL 100 mg/kg representing “c”, SoL 50 mg/kg representing “d”, Alzheimer’s control representing “e” and normal control representing “f” with all respective concentrations of HyL and controls