Fig. 8

Epithelial thickness comparative graphical illustrations in day 14.^th. (The number of animals in each group = 10 (male = 5, female = 5) in each group). According to the posthoc Tukey test which was used for intergroup comparisons, groups with the same superscripted letters were not significantly different at α = 0.05 (p ≥ 0.05). However, dissimilar letters indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05). The comparison of black columns (males) and gray columns (females) between experimental groups was done separately