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Table 2 Mean follicle numbers in different groups (mean ± SEM)

From: Effects of Stachys sylvatica hydroalcoholic extract on the ovary and hypophysis-gonadal axis in a rat with polycystic ovary syndrome

Groups

Primary follicle

Preantral follicle

Antral follicle

Graafian follicle

Cystic follicle

Corpus luteum

Control

17.25 ± 0.81

53.26 ± 1.81

11.42 ± 0.92

1.65 ± 0.73

0

10.41 ± 0.71

PCOS

17 ± 0.87

39.61 ± 1.75+++

3 ± 0.04+++

0

5.66 ± 0.49+++

3 ± 0.18+++

Extract 100 mg/kg

16.05 ± 0.63

38.56 ± 0.36

5.65 ± 0.47*

1 ± 0.35

4.65 ± 0.73

3.15 ± 0.85

Extract 250 mg/kg

16.98 ± 0.38

31.65 ± 0.96**

4.65 ± 0.28

1.5 ± 0.46

3.65 ± 0.52

4.85 ± 0.59

Extract 500 mg/kg

17.48 ± 0.85

48 ± 1. 96**

6 ± 0.48**

1.83 ± 0.3*

1.28 ± 0.42***

6.42 ± 0.64**

  1. +++ P < 0.001 PCO versus control, * P <  0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001 extract versus PCO
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