Mean & SD
Saline / water (10 rats)
Saline /chamomile (10 rats)
5-FU / water (10 rats)
5-FU /chamomile (10 rats)
Ki-67 antigen-positive cell rate
Day 8
19.20 ± 0.45
1.01 ± 0.54
0.01 ± 0.00
2.24 ± 0.195
Day 12
18.2 ± 0.67
0.11 ± 0.116
0.6 ± 0.154
0.14 ± 0.6
Bcl-2 antigen-positive cell rate
Day 8
1.1 ± 0.122
1.87 ± 0.17
0.21 ± 0.05
3.2 ± 0.51
Day 12
1.36 ± 0.25
0.11 ± 0.06
0.21 ± 0.14
0.16 ± 0.08
Table 1:
Immunohistochemical results of the tongue following water or chamomile extract treatment in female Albino rats post saline or 5-FU injection in the studied periods of all groups in the study.
