Antidepressant-Like Effect of Selected Egyptian Cultivars of Flaxseed Oil on a Rodent Model of Postpartum Depression

Table 3

Effect of different treatments on body weight and immune organ index.

Groups	Initial body weight (g)	Final body weight (g)	Weight gain (g)	Weight of thymus (mg)	Thymus index (mg/g)	Weight of spleen (mg)	Spleen index (mg/g)
Sham	155.4 ± 1.69	211.5 ± 1.20	56.1 ± 1.78	195.6 ± 4.70^C	0.93 ± 0.021	769.3 ± 25.2	3.64 ± 0.11
PPD	157.3 ± 2.23	182.6 ± 2.31	25.3 ± 3.14	146.8 ± 3.50	0.80 ± 0.017	552.6 ± 8.09	3.03 ± 0.07
PPD + G9	160.5 ± 1.65	211.1 ± 1.09	50.6 ± 1.71	188.7 ± 2.60	0.89 ± 0.014	733.3 ± 10.9	3.47 ± 0.05
PPD + G10	158.3 ± 2.61	208.1 ± 3.16	49.8 ± 3.02	183.5 ± 2.20	0.88 ± 0.015	685.3 ± 22.5	3.29 ± 0.08
PPD + FLX	155.1 ± 1.25	210.9 ± 2.81	55.8 ± 2.48	190.4 ± 3.63	0.90 ± 0.018	746.9 ± 15.7	3.54 ± 0.05

Each value represents the mean of 8 rats ± SE. In the same column, different letters indicate a significant difference between groups using one-way ANOVA by using SPSS software (version 22) followed by Duncan’s multiple-comparison test at . PPD: postpartum depression; G9 and G10: flaxseed oils from cultivars Giza 9 and Giza 10; and FLX: fluoxetine.