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Table 1 Morphological and histochemical characteristics of the four types of simple alveolar glands in N. pleuraden

From: Structural and bio-functional assessment of the postaxillary gland in Nidirana pleuraden (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae)

 

I MGs

II MGs

SMGs

OSGs

Topological distribution

Dorsal skins & postaxillary glands

Dorsal skins & postaxillary glands

Postaxillary glands exclusively

Dorsal skins & postaxillary glands

Height of mucocyte (μm)

37.21 ± 0.57a

20.51 ± 0.54b

112.64 ± 0.46c

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Height of gland (μm)

112.84 ± 13.63a

78.13 ± 6.70b

691.99 ± 12.54c

141.34 ± 7.09a

Reaction to AB-PAS staining

Stains blue

Stains light purple to violet

Stains light purple

Feebly tinged with pink

Reaction to Masson’s trichrome staining

Feebly tinged with blue

Stains dark blue

Stains dark blue

Stains dark scarlet

  1. If the superscripts beside values are same, the disparity in a row has no statistical significance, otherwise the difference is statistically significant (one-way ANOVA plus Bonferroni-adjusted LSD post-hoc test)