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Table 1 The effects of extracts on final body weight, absolute and relative reproductive organ weights

From: Comparative evaluation of the sexual functions and NF-κB and Nrf2 pathways of some aphrodisiac herbal extracts in male rats

Item

Groups

--P--

Control

Sildenafil

Mucuna pruriens

Tribulus terrestris

Ashwagandha

Final body weight, g

324.00 ± 24.84

316.57 ± 17.99

312.00 ± 29.73

307.71 ± 52.45

331.80 ± 28.31

>0.05

Testis, g

1.39 ± 0.07

1.35 ± 0.11

1.35 ± 0.09

1.36 ± 0.14

1.33 ± 0.08

>0.05

Whole epididymis, g

0.58 ± 0.05

0.61 ± 0.04

0.56 ± 0.05

0.58 ± 0.07

0.59 ± 0.04

>0.05

Right cauda epididymis, g

0.25 ± 0.03

0.24 ± 0.03

0.24 ± 0.03

0.23 ± 0.05

0.23 ± 0.02

>0.05

Vas deferens, g

0.12 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.01

0.12 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.01

>0.05

Seminal vesicles, g

1.16 ± 0.30

1.10 ± 0.25

1.09 ± 0.18

1.17 ± 0.24

1.39 ± 0.31

>0.05

Ventral prostate, g

0.43 ± 0.07

0.49 ± 0.07

0.41 ± 0.07

0.50 ± 0.17

0.48 ± 0.18

>0.05

Testis*, %

0.43 ± 0.04

0.43 ± 0.04

0.43 ± 0.05

0.45 ± 0.05

0.40 ± 0.03

>0.05

Whole epididymis*, %

0.18 ± 0.02

0.19 ± 0.02

0.18 ± 0.02

0.19 ± 0.02

0.18 ± 0.01

>0.05

Right cauda epididymis*, %

0.08 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.01

0.07 ± 0.004

>0.05

Vas deferens*, %

0.04 ± 0.005

0.04 ± 0.008

0.04 ± 0.003

0.04 ± 0.007

0.04 ± 0.004

>0.05

Seminal vesicles*, %

0.36 ± 0.09

0.35 ± 0.09

0.35 ± 0.05

0.38 ± 0.06

0.42 ± 0.9

>0.05

Ventral prostate*, %

0.13 ± 0.02

0.15 ± 0.02

0.13 ± 0.02

0.16 ± 0.04

0.14 ± 0.05

>0.05

  1. *Relative reproductive organ weights [organ weight (g) / final body weight (g) X 100]
  2. Control, no treatment; Sildenafil, rats treated with Sildenafil (5 mg/kg/d); Mucuna, rats treated with Mucuna pruriens (300 mg/kg bw); Tribulus; rats treated with Tribulus terrestris (300 mg/kg bw); Ashwagandha; rats treated with Ashwagandha (300 mg/kg bw). Data are LS means ± SE (n = 7). Different superscripts in the same row (a–c) indicate group mean differences (p < 0.05)