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Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Table 3 The effect of MEPO on serum FSH, LH, progesterone, and estradiol levels of adult female Wistar rats

From: The fertility assessment of normal cyclic Wistar rats following the administration of methanolic extract of Portulaca oleracea: an experimental study

Hormones groups

Mean ± SEM

p value

F value

Follicle-stimulating hormone (μIu/ml)

A

1.20 ± 0.40

 

0.979

B

1.54 ± 0.23

0.506

 

C

1.91 ± 0.31

0.537

 

Luteinizing hormone (IU/L)

A

2.17 ± 0.06

 

1.227

B

1.90 ± 0.05

0.367

 

C

1.76 ± 0.25

0.163

 

Progesterone (ng/ml)

A

3.23 ± 0.31

 

0.227

B

3.53 ± 0.63

0.759

 

C

3.82 ± 0.72

0.523

 

Estradiol (pg/ml)

A

11.40 ± 1.80

 

0.460

B

9.76 ± 0.14

0.372

 

C

10.72 ± 0.96

0.686

 
  1. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, followed by multiple comparisons using LSD, and data were considered significant at p < 0.05. *p < 0.05 means significant and p > 0.05 means insignificant. SEM means standard error of the mean. MEPO means methanolic extract of Portulaca oleracea
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