Table 1. Effect of sodium selenite injection (SS, 0.5 mg/kg, i.p.; once daily for 1 week) and/or whole body-irradiation on ovarian and uterine weights.
Ovarian weight | Uterine weight | |||
Groups | mg | mg/100 g body weight | mg | mg/100 g body weight |
Control | 96.83±11.96 | 157.97±26.48 | 191.8±13.08 | 301.4±39.5 |
IR | 58.85±12.65a | 104.21±27.619a | 112.5±27.48a | 219.0±39.4a |
SS | 100.87±14.03b | 168.12±31.34b | 163.2±28.65b | 293.1±53.2b |
SS/IR | 85.00±8.524b | 149.38±35.92b | 160.0±25.49b | 287.1±24.6b |
Data expressed as Mean ± SD.
a or b: Significantly different from control or radiation group, respectively at P<0.05 using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey–Kramer as a post-hoc test.