Research Article

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

Table 2

Number of tunel positive cells in the retina.

ControlShamSolvent groupHesperetin groupNaringenin group

INL3.2 ± 0.4465.28 ± 85.7a392 ± 62.1b170.24 ± 42.4c149.12 ± 25.8c,d
ONL0 ± 0188.16 ± 36.8a153 ± 18.8b77.44 ± 16.7c69.76 ± 12.7c,d

INL: inner nuclear layer; ONL: outer nuclear layer.
aP < 0.0001: comparison to control; bP < 0.001: comparison to control and sham groups; cP < 0.005: comparison to control, sham, and solvent groups; dP < 0.05: comparison to hesperetin treatment group.