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Table 2.

Effects of aqueous extract of Ficus asperifolia on body weight and relative weight of uterus of immature gonado-intact and ovariectomized rats after 7 days of treatment.

Treatment	Gonado-intact	Ovariectomized
Body weight gain (%)	Uterus (mg/100g)	Body weight gain (%)	Uterus (mg/100g)
Distilled water (10ml/kg, control) (n=5)	2.47 ± 0.90	126.19 ± 18.06	9.57 ± 3.67	93.59 ± 21.29
Ficus asperifolia (100mg/kg) (n=5)	8.91 ± 1.51^**	147.57 ± 27.95***^d	22.48 ± 4.17^**	86.65 ± 9.34^b
Ficus asperifolia (500mg/kg) (n=5)	6.68 ± 0.72^a	167.54 ± 10.03***^b	19.44 ± 2.98*	110.82 ± 40.00^a
Estradiol benzoate (1mg/kg) (n=5)	5.40 ± 2.24	292.47 ± 27.15***	40.11 ± 17.72***	213.55 ± 36.39^**
Ficus asperifolia (100mg/kg) plus	5.97 ± 1.06	358.63 ± 37.89***	12.44 ± 4.84^a	215.16 ± 44.96^**
Estradiol benzoate (1mg/kg) (n=5)
Ficus asperifolia (500mg/kg) plus	10.42 ± 2.01***^a	368.20 ± 31.25***^a	7.29 ± 1.39	270.90 ± 36.80***
Estradiol benzoate (1mg/kg) (n=5)

Number of rats in each group = 5.

^**

p<0.01 significantly different compared to control 1 (distilled water)

p<0.05

p<0.01

p<0.001 significantly different compared to estradiol benzoate