Table 1. Effect of Growth hormone (1mg/kg s.c.; once daily for 1 wk) on body and ovarian weight and the relative ovary weight in rats subjected to single dose whole-body irradiation (3.2 Gy).

Treated groups	Body wt differences (g)	Ovarian weight (mg)	Relative ovary wt (mg/100g body weight)
Control	17.90 ± 1.14	42.20 ± 2.20	75.04 ± 5.3
IR	7.30 ± 0.58 a	20.80 ± 0.48 a	36.16 ±1.00 a
IR/GH	16.41 ± 0.99 b	30.73 ± 3.25 a,b	51.24 ±6.35 b
GH	20.12 ± 1.07 b	32.33 ± 0.33 a,b	47.00±0.86 a

-Data expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 10).

-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.

IR: irradiation; IR/GH: irradiation/Growth hormone; GH: Growth hormone.