Table 2.

Effect of exogenous melatonin in PCOS rat model with respect to mean follicle numbers in different groups.

Groups	Primary follicle	Preantral follicle	Antral follicle	Graafian follicle	Cystic follicle	Corpus luteum
Control (CON)	18.41 ± 0.32	50.24 ± 1.23	10.54 ± 0.90	1.52 ± 0.62	0	9.21 ± 0.19
PCOS	18 ± 0.65	37.25 ± 1.54***	3.21 ± 0.21***	0	5.86 ± 0.56***	3.12 ± 0.81***
PCOS + MEL	17.21 ± 0.60	47.59 ± 0.86**	6.54 ± 0.32**	1.88 ± 0.23	1.39 ± 0.47	7.21 ± 0.52
MEL	17.96 ± 0.82	52.21 ± 1.21	9.26 ± 0.41	1.43 ± 0.41*	1.01 ± 0.35**	8.25 ± 0.74**

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.