Homeopathic Doses of Gelsemium sempervirens Improve the Behavior of Mice in Response to Novel Environments

Table 3

Effects of G. sempervirens 5, 7 and 30 CH on the behavioral parameters in the OF test^a.

Parameter	Control			G. sempervirens (5 CH)				G. sempervirens (7 CH)				G. sempervirens (30 CH)
	𝑛	Mean	SEM	𝑛	Mean	SEM	𝑃^b	𝑛	Mean	SEM	𝑃^b	𝑛	Mean	SEM	𝑃^b
Percentage of time in center*	47	5.98	0.51	48	7.09	0.61	.169	47	8.19	0.52	.007	32	8.60	0.80	.004
Distance in center**	45	501.1	42.6	48	618.5	46.6	.089	47	702.6	41.3	.004	32	744.0	75.1	.002
Total distance***	47	4892.9	167.6	47	5180.3	146.4	.183	46	5248.7	171.7	.102	31	5158.1	235.4	.378

^aData are pooled from three experiments (control, 5 CH and 7 CH) and from two experiments (30 CH).
^bPost-hoc analysis of treated group versus control.
Two-way ANOVA for groups: ^∗𝑃=.012, ^∗∗𝑃=.008, ^∗∗∗𝑃=.371. For experiments ^∗𝑃=.075, ^∗∗𝑃=.867, ^∗∗∗𝑃<.001.