Table 3 Statistical analysis of the influence of main effects - type and concentration of lithium in the food on the dimensions of the right corpora cardiaca of insects.

From: Lithium salts alter the size and morphology of the Madagascar hissing cockroach’s neuroendocrine system

 

GI

control

GII-III

carbonate

GIV-V

citrate

GII i GIV

Li 0,1

GIII i GV

Li 0,01

GII-V

lithium addition

length (µm)

1401.0

± 222.7

(1137.8-1649.9)

1174.2*

± 228.0

(846.8-1575.6)

1198.8

± 215.1

(945.0-1561.5)

1099.2**

± 143.2

(846.8-1355.2)

1271.8

± 248.0

(916.1-1575.6)

1185.5*

± 216.0

(846.8-1575.6)

variance analysis

NI

p < 0.05

 
  

NI

width (µm)

241.4

± 16.8

(230.2-271.1)

258.2

± 53.2

(178.4-357.4)

255.6

± 69.4

(126.8–389.0)

233.2

± 52.0

(126.8-298.9)

280.6

± 60.8

(202.1–389.0)

256.9

± 60.2

(126.8–389.0)

variance analysis

NI

NI

 
  

NI

length-to-width ratio

5.84

± 1.14

(4.82–7.17)

4.73

± 1.41

(3.25–7.60)

5.09

± 0.1.94

(2.84–9.14)

5.06

± 1.88

(3.40–9.14)

4.76

± 1.50

(2.84–7.33)

4.91

± 1.66

(2.84–9.14)

variance analysis

NI

NI

 
  

NI

  1. (*, **, ***) – statistically significant differences between means in relation to GI at p< (0.05, 0.01, 0.001) respectively.
  2. NS – no significance.