Research Article

Tualang Honey Protects the Rat Midbrain and Lung against Repeated Paraquat Exposure

Table 1

Body weight changes (percentage relative to week 0, injection week) in all experimental groups.

WeekBody weight changes relative to week 0 (%)
NTHPQPQ + THPQ + QH

13.97 (5.20)3.94 (2.56)2.36 2.36 2.33 0.003
27.79 (6.50)7.45 (3.63)5.51 4.94 3.79 <0.001
311.02 (4.86)10.32 (7.48)6.96 7.19 4.21 <0.001
413.90 (4.00)13.43 (8.18)8.12 8.50 4.75 <0.001

Data are expressed as the median (IQR), per group.
values were calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis test. A value < 0.05 indicates a statistically significant difference between the investigated groups.
, , , and compared to group N; , , , and compared to group TH.