Table 1.

Effect of oral administration of royal jelly (RJ) for 42 days on weight characteristics of male rats (n=8 per group)

Groups	Initial BW (g)	Final BW (g)	Testis weight (g)	Testis/BW ratio (%)
Control	194.4±4.91 a	225.33±2.73 a	2.00±0.01 a	0.89±0.01 a
RJ	193.9±6.43 a	212.47±4.22 a	2.04±0.08 a	0.96±0.01 b
Diabetic	206.7±9.79 a	123.86±6.07 b	0.76±0.07 b	0.61± 0.02 c
Diabetic/RJ	192.6±7.40 a	173.93±6.73 c	1.50±0.05 c	0.86±0.01 a

Data are presented as mean±SEM. Values with different letters indicate significant differences among groups at p≤0.05. BW; Body weight.