Table 8 Apoptotic markers of colon tissue as affected by different treatments.

Treatments

Sham control

0.99 ± 0.01^d

1.01 ± 0.105^c

0.99 ± 0.02^b

0.99 ± 0.02^b

7.52 ± 0.4^a

Positive control

0.15 ± 0.02^a

0.07 ± 0.006^a

0.21 ± 0.02^a

1.254 ± 1.6^j

28.91 ± 2.53^c

Sericin

2.09 ± 0.01f.

2.32 ± 0.006^d

1.39 ± 0.04^e

1.1611 ± 2.9ⁱ

32.05 ± 1.93^d

Propolis

1.33 ± 0.03^e

0.77 ± 0.004^b

1.12 ± 0.02^c

1.0836 ± 3.4 h

34.6 ± 2.41^d

Sericin/propolis nanoparticles

3.28 ± 0.05 h

2.31 ± 0.006^d

1.62 ± 0.01f.

2.371 ± 1.4f.

16.6 ± 1.65^b

Sericin/propolis/fluorouracil NPs

5.05 ± 0.03^j

4.57 ± 0.003 g

8.16 ± 0.03ⁱ

5.188 ± 0.05^d

26.6 ± 1.37^c

Fluorouracil

3.89 ± 0.01ⁱ

4.26 ± 0.001f.

5.11 ± 0.02 h

3.45 ± 0.9^e

24.1 ± 1.92^c

Prophylactic

Sericin

0.71 ± 0.03^c

4.21 ± 0.002f.

1.25 ± 0.05^d

1.771 ± 0.04^c

34.61 ± 1.54^d

Propolis

0.59 ± 0.02^b

2.77 ± 0.003^e

0.96 ± 0.03^b

0.3135 ± 0.09 g

31.48 ± 1.32^d

Sericin/propolis nanoparticles

2.8 ± 0.02 g

6.51 ± 0.005 h

5.01 ± 0.01 g

0.76 ± 0.02^a

23.58 ± 1.05^c