Table 5.

Plasma levels of hormones after 14 days

Ng/ml	Control	M	FD	FDi		FDM		FDMi
	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	p-value2	mean ± SD	p-value2	mean ± SD	p-value2
Corticosterone	603 ± 125	285 ± 62	447 ± 118	445 ± 121		371 ± 90		388 ± 87
p-value1		p<0.01				p<0.05
Testosterone	6.18 ± 1.6	3.01 ± 1.45	1.18 ± 0.81	1.12 ± 0.56		0.55 ± 0.12		0.65 ± 0.31
p-value1			p<0.01	p<0.01		p<0.01		p<0.01
Pg/ml	Control	M	FD	FDi		FDM		FDMi
	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	p-value2	mean ± SD	p-value2	mean ± SD	p-value2
Melatonin	39.3 ± 10.6	63 ±7.9	50.6 ± 8.89	59.2 ± 11.87		60.6 ± 11.87		65 ± 0.31
p-value1		p<0.01		p<0.05		p<0.05		p<0.01

The data are expressed as mean ± SD (Standard Deviation) for six rats in each group. Significant difference (p<0.05) between the control group and other groups is shown by p value1, while significant difference (p<0.05) between the FD group and the FDi, FDM, and FDM groups is shown by p value².