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

Table 4

Effect of different treatments on brain monoamine oxidase (MAO-A), serum corticosterone (CORT), and proinflammatory cytokines.

Groups	MAO-A (nmol/mg protein)	CORT (ng/ml)	TNF-α (pg/ml)	IL-1β (pg/ml)	IL-6 (pg/ml)
Sham	43.2 ± 1.62	42.5 ± 0.95	25.6 ± 0.99	39.4 ± 0.82	17.2 ± 0.90
PPD	63.5 ± 1.73	81.4 ± 1.90	51.2 ± 1.13	76.7 ± 1.22	67.6 ± 2.79
PPD + G9	47.3 ± 1.70	55.9 ± 1.70	29.6 ± 0.76	50.4 ± 1.27	32.7 ± 1.98
PPD + G10	54.7 ± 2.23	58.0 ± 1.88	31.4 ± 0.98	50.8 ± 1.35	35.4 ± 1.51
PPD + FLX	50.8 ± 1.87	54.7 ± 0.98	29.0 ± 0.97	47.7 ± 1.40	27.7 ± 1.44

Each value represents the mean of 8 rats ± SE. In the same column, the 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 .