Table 1.

Body and reproductive tissue weights of control and alcohol-induced male albino rats treated with the T. conophorum leaf extract

Parameters	Control	Alcohol group	50 mg/kg extract	500 mg/kg extract	1000 mg/kg extract	1.04 mg/kg drug
Initial body weight (g)	348 ± 8.66	284 ± 13.11	292 ± 21.03	292 ± 22.23	294 ± 18.52	298 ± 16.52
Final body weight (g)	368 ± 7.81	325 ± 9.07	297 ± 17.95	312 ± 16.52	295 ± 15.59	272 ± 18.94
Weight gain/loss (%)	5.75	14.44*	1.71*	6.85*	0.34*	−8.72*
Right testis
Absolute weight (g)	2.03 ± 0.15	1.23 ± 0.03	1.73 ± 0.13	2.07 ± 0.12	2.08 ± 0.02	1.80 ± 0.13
Weight (g/ 100 g BW)	0.74 ± 0.00	0.32 ± 0.05*	0.49 ± 0.01*	0.56 ± 0.08	0.70 ± 0.03	0.72 ± 0.09
Left testis
Absolute weight (g)	2.17 ± 0.45	0.99 ± 0.04*	1.67 ± 0.06*	2.14 ± 0.19	2.15 ± 0.08	2.07 ± 0.16
Weight (g/ 100 g BW)	0.69 ± 0.02	0.22 ± 0.02*	0.55 ± 0.06	0.57 ± 0.12	0.58 ± 0.02	0.51 ± 0.02
Epididymis
Absolute weight (g)	1.47 ± 0.41	0.61 ± 0.05*	1.05 ± 0.16	1.40 ± 0.39	1.43 ± 0.08	1.42 ± 0.11
Weight (g/ 100 g BW)	0.50 ± 0.03	0.18 ± 0.05*	0.34 ± 0.02	0.37 ± 0.12	0.39 ± 0.05	0.31 ± 0.02
Seminal vesicle
Absolute weight (g)	1.09 ± 0.41	0.29 ± 0.05*	0.40 ± 0.06*	0.95 ± 0.11	0.96 ± 0.08	0.96 ± 0.07
Weight (g/ 100 g BW)	0.46 ± 0.03	0.08 ± 0.01*	0.14 ± 0.02*	0.17 ± 0.03*	0.35 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.02*
Prostate gland
Absolute weight (g)	1.20 ± 0.22	0.40 ± 0.07*	0.84 ± 0.18	1.16 ± 0.10	1.21 ± 0.18	1.17 ± 0.19
Weight (g/ 100 g BW)	0.60 ± 0.00	0.12 ± 0.05*	0.20 ± 0.03*	0.29 ± 0.03*	0.51 ± 0.06	0.26 ± 0.02*

Data are expressed as mean ± SD, n = 5. *Significant (p < 0.0001) compared with the control group