Table 6.

Effect of crocin tablets on some of endocrine laboratory levels in healthy adult volunteers. Crocin tablets (20 mg/day) were administrated for one month. Values presented as the mean ± SEM; n=20-22 in each group. Two Independent Sample T test. Δ= Post treatment– Pre treatment

	Placebo group	Crocin group	P-value
Δ FBS : Fasting Blood Sugar (mg/dl)	-3.6 ± 1.16	0.3 ± 2.52	0.152
Δ T4: Thyroxine  (µg/dl)	0.045 ± 0.28	0.63 ± 0.207	0.109
Δ TSH: Thyroid-stimulating hormone ( (µIU/ml)	0.35 ± 0.17	0.2 ±0.24	0.595
Δ Cortisol (µg/dl))	-1.62± 1.27	-4.96 ±1.59	0.108
Δ Testestron (mg/dl)	24.1 ± 16.44	4.5± 45.07	0.675