. 2015 Dec 18;15:439. doi: 10.1186/s12906-015-0960-5

Table 3.

Total protein (TP), reduced glutathione (GSH) and vitamin C contents in the reproductive tissues of control and alcohol-induced male albino rats treated with the T. conophorum leaf extract

Parameters	Normal control	Ethanol group	Ethanol + 50 mg/kg extract	Ethanol + 500 mg/kg extract	Ethanol + 1000 mg/kg extract	Ethanol + 1.04 mg/kg drug
Testis
TP^a	15.00 ± 0.00	4.25 ± 0.02*	4.66 ± 0.08	6.33 ± 0.90**	11.66 ± 0.72**	13.75 ± 1.25**
GSH^b	23.90 ± 1.00	3.76 ± 0.46*	7.33 ± 0.20**	8.12 ± 0.21**	9.95 ± 0.03**	14.52 ± 0.21**
Vitamin C^c	3.10 ± 1.80	0.33 ± 0.04*	0.68 ± 0.00	0.82 ± 0.29	1.12 ± 0.16**	1.04 ± 0.23**
Epididymis
TP^a	120.00 ± 10.00	32.91 ± 2.25*	34.16 ± 1.44	83.75 ± 1.25**	110.41 ± 0.72**	101.66 ± 22.02**
GSH^b	10.42 ± 0.00	3.27 ± 0.00*	3.50 ± 0.04	3.79 ± 0.02	9.26 ± 0.11**	4.56 ± 0.01
Vitamin C^c	2.44 ± 0.00	0.91 ± 0.09	1.36 ± 0.05	1.54 ± 0.02	2.05 ± 0.21	2.08 ± 0.01
Seminal vesicle
TP^a	58.33 ± 13.45	8.66 ± 0.72*	8.58 ± 2.60	10.83 ± 0.72	25.83 ± 2.60**	37.08 ± 6.63**
GSH^b	6.21 ± 0.22	2.52 ± 2.04*	3.42 ± 0.40	4.83 ± 0.07	5.28 ± 0.12**	5.56 ± 0.01**
Vitamin C^c	1.57 ± 0.06	0.68 ± 0.06	0.83 ± 0.13	0.94 ± 0.02	1.29 ± 0.01	1.30 ± 0.01
Prostate gland
TP^a	61.25 ± 1.25	8.16 ± 0.72*	10.25 ± 2.50	18.75 ± 1.25**	26.25 ± 3.92**	31.66 ± 4.72**
GSH^b	10.11 ± 0.04	4.55 ± 0.31*	5.57 ± 0.03	6.46 ± 0.03	8.50 ± 1.01**	8.78 ± 0.04**
Vitamin C^c	1.52 ± 0.73	0.38 ± 0.03	0.49 ± 0.02	0.59 ± 0.19	0.77 ± 0.03	0.85 ± 0.00

^a(mg/ml), ^b(μg/ mg protein), ^c(mmol/ mg protein). Data are expressed as mean ± SD, n = 5. *Highly Significant (p < 0.0001) compared with the control group, **Significant (p < 0.05) compared with the alcohol group