Table 3.
Effect of Neem flower alcoholic extract administered at 9 a.m. and at 6 p.m. proestrus on the number of ova shed on the morning of estrus.
| Treatment group n = 20 |
Number of ova shed |
| Neem (9 a.m.) (n = 5) | 6.60 ± 3.21ab |
| Neem (6 p.m.) (n = 5) | 12.80 ± 1.79 |
| Control (Distilled Water) (9 a.m.) (n = 5) | 13.50 ± 1.23 |
| Control (Distilled Water) (6 p.m.) (n = 5) | 13.60 ± 1.14 |
a
Mean ± SD
b
p = 0.025 (p value with respect to the group that received distilled water at the same time the extract was administered). The number of ova shed by Sprague-Dawley rats were enumerated after being fed with single doses of alcoholic Neem flower extracts and distilled water on proestrous.