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

Table 3 Effects of Tualang honey on serum estradiol, progesterone, free testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) after 2 weeks administration

	SHAM	OVX	THL (0.2 g/kg)	THM (1.0 g/kg)	THH (2.0 g/kg)
Estradiol (pg/ml)	14.82 (13.00)	12.58 (9.00)	7.42 (6.00)	7.55 (8.00)	5.21 (0.01)
Progesterone (ng/mg)	14.59 (13.00)*	4.28 (4.00)	6.18 (14.00)	3.72 (4.00)	8.92 (11.00)
Free testosterone (pg/ml)	0.27 (0.01)**	0.03 (0.01)	0.05 (0.01)*	0.04 (0.01)	0.05 (0.10)
FSH (mlU/ml)	0.53 (0.01)	0.63 (0.01)	0.43 (1)	0.61 (0.01)	0.4 (0.01)
LH (mlU/ml)	ND^a	ND	ND	ND	ND

SHAM = Sham-operated Control rats; OVX = overictomised 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)
^aNot detectable (values below detection limit).

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