From: Androgenic effects of aqueous and methanolic extracts of Ficus asperifolia in male Wistar rats
Groups | Body weight (g) | Body weight variation (%) | Relative organ weights (mg/100Â g) | |||||
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Initial | Final | Testes | Epididymis | Vas deferens | Ventral prostate | Seminal vesicles | ||
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*** |
F. asperifolia | ||||||||
 Aqueous extract | ||||||||
  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≠≠≠|
 Methanolic extract | ||||||||
  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**≠≠≠|