From: Androgenic effects of aqueous and methanolic extracts of Ficus asperifolia in male Wistar rats
Treatments | Total proteins | Prostatic acid phosphatase (U/g) | |
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Epididymis (mg/g) | Plasma (mg/ml) | ||
Normal plus distilled water (10 ml/kg b.w.) | 85.70 ± 8.82 | 61.18 ± 3.33 | 2.55 ± 0.63 |
Castrated plus distilled water (10 ml/kg b.w.) | 52.03 ± 11.18 | 58.99 ± 3.06 | 0.21 ± 0.04C |
Castrated plus testosterone (0.5 mg/kg b.w.) | 75.68 ± 16.84 | 64.92 ± 1.88 | 0.78 ± 0.10* |
5% Tween 80 (10 ml/kg b.w. plus testosterone | 62.13 ± 8.90 | 62.15 ± 5.39 | 0.75 ± 0.24 |
Bicalutamide (2 mg/kg b.w.) plus testosterone | 45.33 ± 9.22 | 56.10 ± 4.24 | 0.37 ± 0.17 |
Castrated plus aqueous extract | |||
100 mg/kg b.w. | 91.84 ± 14.57 | 64.62 ± 3.01 | 0.59 ± 0.20 |
500 mg/kg b.w. | 77.30 ± 24.02 | 66.26 ± 3.10 | 0.28 ± 0.06 |
Castrated plus methanolic extract | |||
100 mg/kg b.w. | 59.24 ± 15.86 | 78.18 ± 2.80*** | 0.26 ± 0.08 |
500 mg/kg b.w. | 67.82 ± 20.63 | 70.27 ± 4.93* | 0.54 ± 0.11 |
Testosterone (0.5 mg/kg b.w.) plus aqueous extract | |||
100 mg/kg b.w. | 108.73 ± 22.76 | 45.27 ± 2.51###●●● | 0.51 ± 0.04 |
500 mg/kg b.w. | 127.87 ± 22.14#● | 50.93 ± 1.93##●● | 0.58 ± 0.09 |
Testosterone (0.5 mg/kg b.w.) plus methanolic extract | |||
100 mg/kg b.w. | 162.83 ± 33.53###●●● | 62.30 ± 4.87●● | 0.35 ± 0.10 |
500 mg/kg b.w. | 105.20 ± 16.93 | 57.15 ± 1.14●● | 0.35 ± 0.09 |
Bicalutamide (2 mg/kg b.w.) plus aqueous extract | |||
100 mg/kg b.w. | 44.34 ± 10.49 | 70.29 ± 3.74 | 0.11 ± 0.05 |
500 mg/kg b.w. | 22.40 ± 7.55● | 64.24 ± 3.86 | 0.24 ± 0.06 |
Bicalutamide (2 mg/kg b.w.) plus methanolic extract | |||
100 mg/kg b.w. | 29.62 ± 7.43 | 59.26 ± 2.20●●● | 0.15 ± 0.06 |
500 mg/kg b.w. | 26.55 ± 10.15 | 53.73 ± 2.50●● | 0.18 ± 0.03 |