Skip to main content
Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Influence of MLVA on body weight gain, testicular and epididymal weight of rats treated with nitrobenzene

From: Nitrobenzene-induced hormonal disruption, alteration of steroidogenic pathway, and oxidative damage in rat: protective effects of Vernonia amygdalina

Groups

Body weight gain (g)

Testicular weight (g)

Epididymis weight (g)

Group I

11.96 ± 2.38

2.74 ± 0.15

0.15 ± 0.05

Group II

6.36 ± 1.03*

2.05 ± 0.09*

0.10 ± 0.03 *

Group III

15.85 ± 1.39*#

2.25 ± 0.21*#

0.14 ± 0.04 #

Group IV

18.66 ± 1.92*#

2.46 ± 0.14#

0.17 ± 0.05 *#

Group V

20.77 ± 2.23*#

3.01 ± 0.11#

0.15 ± 0.03 #

  1. Data are given as mean ± SD of rats per group. n = 6. MLVA: methanolic leaf extract of Vernonia amygdalina, *: Values differ significantly from group I (control) (P < 0.05). #: Values differ significantly from group II
Back to article page