Safety profile of colocasia esculenta tuber extracts in benign prostate hyperplasia

Table 1 Effect of ethanol crude tuber extract of C. esculenta and Fractions on serum prostate specific antigen in TP induced BPH Rats

Groups Parameters	BPH untreated	TP(BPH untreated)	TP + Fin	TP + ECTECE	TP + HF	TP + DCMF	TP + BF	TP + EAF	TP + AF	P value
Serum PSA	0.182^a ± 0.01	0.209^b± 0.03	0.008^c± 0.00	0.081^d± 0.05	0.056^e± 0.03	0.145^e± 0.07	0.219^g± 0.05	0.117^h± 0.04	0.097ⁱ± 0.07	0.0001

Data are shown as mean ± S.D (n = 5). Dunnet ANOVA test was used to compare the mean values of the individual groups and control at P < 0.005. Mean values with different alphabets are showed significantly difference at P < 0.05. NC (Normal Control), Testosterone propionate (TP), Fin( Finasteride), Ethanol crude Tuber extract of C. esculenta (ECTECE), Hexane fraction(HF), Dichloromethane fraction( DCMF), Butanone fraction(BF), Ethyl acetate fraction(EAF) and Aqueous Fraction (AF) and BPH( benign prostate hyperplasia), Prostate Specific Antigen( PSA)

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