Research Article

Protective Effect of Hesperetin and Naringenin against Apoptosis in Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Retinal Injury in Rats

Table 1

Thickness of the rat’s retina (μm).

GCLIPLINLOPLONL

Control21.8 ± 5.250.4 ± 6.425.2 ± 5.112.1 ± 1.850 ± 9.8
Sham13.4 ± 2.6*20.2 ± 3.9*15.6 ± 2.5*8.6 ± 2.0*40 ± 6.4*
Solvent11.3 ± 4.1*21.3 ± 3.5*16.2 ± 4.2*8.1 ± 2.1*42 ± 8.7*
Hesperetin treatment9.5 ± 3.1**20.7 ± 5.4*17.4 ± 3.7*8.5 ± 1.7*32 ± 6.3**
Naringenin treatment12.2 ± 3.1*25.4 ± 2.7***24.2 ± 1.8#9.5 ± 1.4***47.6 ± 3.4#

GCL: ganglion cell layer; IPL: inner plexiform layer; INL: inner nuclear layer; OPL: outer plexiform layer; ONL: outer nuclear layer.
: comparison to control; **P < 0.05: comparison to control, sham, solvent, and naringenin groups; ***P < 0.05: comparison to control, sham, solvent, and hesperetin treatment groups; #P < 0.05: comparison to sham, solvent groups, and hesperetin treatment groups.