Effect of Formaldehyde and Curcumin on Histomorphological Indices, Gene Expression Associated with Ovarian Follicular Development, and Total Antioxidant to Oxidant Levels in Wistar Rats

Table 3

Comparison of the volume of ovary, cortex, medulla, and corpus luteum among study groups.

Volumes	Formaldehyde^a	Formaldehyde + curcumin^b	Sham^c	Control^d	value
Ovary	8.67 ± 1.81	9.02 ± 1.006	10.93 ± 3.5	11.76 ± 2.11	0.13
Cortex	8.01 ± 0.53	8.51 ± 0.89	9.69 ± 1.75	9.75 ± 1.05	0.07
Medulla	1.06 ± 0.46	1.3 ± 0.11	1.64 ± 0.53	1.69 ± 0.3	0.06
Corpus luteum	3.02 ± 0.24	3.18 ± 0.2	3.56 ± 0.79	3.79 ± 0.24	0.05

The data were represented by the mean ± SD. Two groups were compared using the post hoc (Tukey) test, and all groups were compared using the one-way ANOVA test. SD: standard deviation.