Table 4 Statistical analysis of the influence of main effects - type and concentration of lithium in the food on the dimensions of the left 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)

1352.8

± 295.5

(1129.8-1870.7)

1185.2

± 231.5

(945.1–1549.0)

1156.8

± 232.4

(760.4-1553.4)

1009.2**

± 130.2

(760.4-1216.8)

1332.8

± 181.5

(1055.17-1553.4)

1171.0

± 226.2

(760.4-1553.4)

variance analysis

NI

p < 0.01

 
  

NI

width (µm)

230.8

± 41.0

(195.0-297.8)

264.9

± 38.6

(212.1-326.3)

275.4

± 49.3

(160.4-330.4)

256.7

± 49.0

(160.4-326.3)

283.5**

± 34.4

(229.1-330.4)

270.1*

± 43.4

(160.4-330.4)

variance analysis

NI

NI

 
  

NI

length-to-width ratio

6.07

± 1.99

(4.24–9.26)

4.56*

± 1.09

(2.90–6.70)

4.27*

± 0.0.77

(2.64–5.57)

4.08**

± 0.95

(2.64–5.57)

4.75*

± 0.82

(3.98–6.70)

4.41**

± 0.93

(2.64–6.70)

variance analysis

p < 0.05

p < 0.05

 
  

NI

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