Figure 4. In vitro study on Wistar rat lenses cultured for 24 h in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium: Mean lenticular levels of calcium.
Groups of lenses; Group I: Normal lenses incubated in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) alone (control); Group II:
Lenses incubated in DMEM that contained sodium selenite (100 μM selenite/ml of DMEM; selenite-challenged, untreated); Group
IIIa: Lenses incubated in DMEM and simultaneously exposed to sodium selenite (100 μM selenite/ml of DMEM) and chrysin (200
μM chrysin/ml of DMEM; selenite-challenged simultaneously chrysin-treated). Statistical analysis was one-way ANOVA with post-hoc
test (least significant difference). All values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) of six determinations.
aStatistically significant difference (p<0.05) when compared with the Group I and III values. bStatistically significant difference (p<0.05) when compared with the Group II values.