Apoptotic Inducement of Neuronal Cells by Aluminium Chloride and the Neuroprotective Effect of Eugenol in Wistar Rats

Table 1

Effects of eugenol on proapoptotic and antiapoptotic proteins following aluminium-induced neurotoxicity in rats.

Parameter	EG	EG+AlCl3	AlCl3	CTRL
Bcl-2 (ng/mg)	15.25 ± 0.21	9.02 ± 0.45	5.12 ± 0.12^+	17.06 ± 062
Bax (ng/mg)	2.41 ± 0.82	12.21 ± 0.71	19.52 ± 0.60^+	3.21 ± 0.92
Bcl-2/Bax	6.32 ± 0.01	0.74 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.03^+	5.31 ± 0.02

; ; one-way Tukey’s post hoc test: when compared with the aluminium-treated group and when the AlCl₃ group is compared to the control.