Table 1.
Effect of oral administration of cinnamon extract for 60 days on the weight of sexual organs of lead-treated male albino rats.
| Groups and treatment | Relative weight (g) of sexual organs (Mean ± SE) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testes | Seminal vesicles | Prostate glands | Tail of epididymis | |
| Control | 2.5 ± 0.4a | 0.4 ± 0.02a | 0.2 ± 0.01a | 0.5 ± 0.03a |
| Lead acetate (30 mg/kg bw) | 2.1 ± 0.1a | 0.2 ± 0.01b | 0.1 ± 0.004b | 0.3 ± 0.01b |
| Cinnamon extract (250 mg/kg bw) | 2.9 ± 0.1b | 0.4 ± 0.02a | 0.2 ± 0.004a | 0.5 ± 0.02a |
| Lead and cinnamon extract | 2.4 ± 0.1a | 0.04 ± 0.02a | 0.2 ± 0.01a | 0.4 ± 0.02a |
a and b indicated significant change from normal control and lead-treated groups respectively, at P < 0.05.