The Protective Effects of Alpha-Lipoic Acid and Coenzyme Q₁₀ Combination on Ovarian Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: An Experimental Study

Table 1

Pathological scoring of all groups.

		Apoptosis score; Mean ± std. deviation		Nitric oxide synthase; Mean ± std. deviation		Histopathological evaluation; Mean ± std. deviation
Group 1 (sham) ()	Left ovary	1.0 ± 0.0	0.259	0.2 ± 0.1	0.530	0.0 ± 0.0	1.00
	Right ovary	0.7 ± 0.2		0.3 ± 0.1		0.0 ± 0.0
Group 2; Control (saline) ()	Left ovary	3.8 ± 0.9	0.003	1.3 ± 0.6	0.644	2.7 ± 0.48	0.001
	Right ovary	3.6 ± 0.7		1.7 ± 0.8		0.71 ± 0.48
Group 3; Control (olive oil) ()	Left ovary	3.7 ± 0.5	0.002	1.7 ± 0.5	0.367	2.8 ± 0.37	0.001
	Right ovary	3.6 ± 0.7		2.0 ± 0.6		0.85 ± 0.69
Group 4 (ALA) ()	Left ovary	2.7 ± 1.1	0.001	2.3 ± 1.1	0.709	1.7 ± 0.48	0.005
	Right ovary	0.6 ± 0.1		2.4 ± 1.3		0.57 ± 0.53
Group 5 (CoQ10) ()	Left ovary	2.6 ± 1.4	0.002	2.4 ± 1.2	0.947	1.7 ± 0.75	0.015
	Right ovary	1.1 ± 0.3		2.1 ± 0.9		0.7 ± 0.48
Group 6 (ALA + CoQ10) ()	Left ovary	2.5 ± 1.3	0.008	2.6 ± 1.4	0.578	1.7 ± 0.48	0.014
	Right ovary	0.9 ± 0.1		2.6 ± 1.5		0.57 ± 0.78

⁢ was accepted to be statistically significant.