The effects of tualang honey on female reproductive organs, tibia bone and hormonal profile in ovariectomised rats - animal model for menopause

Table 1 Effects of Tualang honey on relative organ weight (mg/g body weight) after 2 weeks administration

	SHAM	OVX	THL (0.2 g/kg)	THM (1.0 g/kg)	THH (2.0g/kg)
Vagina	60.51 (13.00) **	48.26 (4.00)	54.98 (5.00)*	52.68 (3.00)*	55.49 (9.00)*
Uterus	178.38 (113.00) **	62.35 (21.00)	83.49 (15.00)*	86.16 (20.00)*	69.46 (16.00)
Tibia	232.20 (32.00)	215.15 (16.00)	220.79 (12.00)	220.47 (11.00)	219.25 (27.00)

SHAM = Sham-operated control rats; OVX = ovariectomised non-honey treated control rats
THL = Tualang Honey, low dose; THM = Tualang Honey, medium dose; THH = Tualang Honey, high dose
All values are expressed as the median (IR).
^a Kruskal - Wallis test.
*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 vs. OVX (Mann-Whitney U - test)

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