Table 1 Effects of testosterone and, aqueous and methanolic extracts of F. asperifolia on body weight variation and relative organ weights of immature normal rats after four weeks of treatment

Distilled water (10 ml/kg b.w.)

120.00 ± 6.4

173.40 ± 8.84

44.43 ± 1.94

1087.85 ± 20.38

232.78 ± 21.60

63.32 ± 5.05

41.37 ± 7.23

186.47 ± 30.51

5% Tween 80 (10 ml/kg b.w.)

118.80 ± 4.35

168.00 ± 6.77

41.51 ± 3.33

1099.65 ± 71.13

231.52 ± 27.78

57.65 ± 5.44

45.63 ± 7.42

145.48 ± 26.45

Testosterone (0.5 mg/kg b.w.)

120.40 ± 5.87

210.20 ± 12.3

74.41 ± 4.59**

416.25 ± 53.92***

197.87 ± 7.31

66.32 ± 1.68

66.59 ± 11.06

484.98 ± 27.42***

  100 mg/kg b.w.

121.20 ± 4.03

176.80 ± 7.11

45.81 ± 2.62^≠≠

1098.54 ± 77.69^≠≠≠

338.34 ± 29.42**^≠≠≠

81.64 ± 6.00*^≠

76.72 ± 16.10*

273.40 ± 38.99*^≠≠≠

  500 mg/kg b.w.

124.80 ± 7.08

187.80 ± 9.49

51.05 ± 4.91^≠

1161.92 ± 75.33^≠≠≠

310.56 ± 23.81*^≠≠

64.34 ± 2.66

64.63 ± 5.09

243.13 ± 19.96^≠≠≠

  100 mg/kg b.w.

120.00 ± 6.38

190.60 ± 9.66

60.16 ± 10.40

1189.18 ± 53.47^≠≠≠

327.13 ± 24.35*^≠≠

70.77 ± 4.27

96.42 ± 11.72**

307.49 ± 28.97**^≠≠≠

  500 mg/kg b.w.

123.40 ± 7.81

194.20 ± 6.45

59.95 ± 11.47

1279.15 ± 14.60*^≠≠≠

340.21 ± 32.27**^≠≠≠

72.76 ± 5.80

99.81 ± 13.00***^≠α

308.94 ± 29.35**^≠≠≠