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. 2023 Oct 27;9(11):e21237. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21237

Table 1.

Effect of exogenous melatonin in PCOS rat model with respect to glucose and hormone parameters in groups.

Groups Glucose (mg/dl) Testosterone (ng/mL) Progesterone (ng/mL) Estradiol (pg/mL) LH (mIU/ml) FSH (mIU/ml) LH/FSH
Control (CON) 200 ± 8 3.87 ± 0.53 29.54 ± 1.56 28.7 ± 1.42 31.62 ± 2.14 32.31 ± 2.32 0.9 ± 0.23
PCOS 300 ± 11** 10.23 ± 0.95** 12.57 ± 2.32** 14.63 ± 1.25** 16.43 ± 1.69** 17.47 ± 1.58** 1.7 ± .42 **
PCOS + MEL 222 ± 6** 4.61 ± 0.63** 16.59 ± 2.14* 30.20 ± 0.96** 29.88 ± 2.45** 28.25 ± 3.21** 1.1 ± 0.33**
MEL 220 ± 10** 4.15 ± 0.45** 20.25 ± 1.96** 31.52 ± 1.21** 32.96 ± 2.54** 33.12 ± 52** 1.00 ± 0.15**

Data are Mean ± SEM; N = 6. PCOS vs CON, PCOS vs PCOS + MEL, PCOS vs MEL; Superscripts denotes; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.