Table-2.

Weight of testis, epididymis, prostate, and seminal gland (g) of Wistar rats treated with intratesticular injection of zinc gluconate and evaluated at 7, 15, and 30 days after treatment. G1 (saline), G2 (DMSO), G3 (zinc+dipyrone), G4 (zinc+celecoxib+dipyrone), G5 (zinc+meloxicam+dipyrone), and G6 (zinc+dexamethasone+dipyrone).

Organ	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6
Testis (days)
7	1.2±0.2	0.9±0.2	1.3±0.1	1.2±0.2	1.2±0.1	1.6±0.7
15	1.8±0.5a	1.2±0.2ab	1.0±0.2ab	0.7±0.04b	1.0±0.3ab	1.1±0.2ab
30	1.6±0.3a	0.7±0.2ab	0.4±0.1b	0.5±0.06b	1.0±0.4ab	0.6±0.1ab
Epididymis (days)
7	0.6±0.1	0.7±0.1	0.6±0.4	0.6±0.1	0.4±0.2	0.7±0.3
15	1.8±1.0	0.4±0.1	0.5±0.06	0.7±0.1	0.4±0.2	0.4±0.1
30	1.1±0.2a	0.5±0.1ab	0.4±0.2ab	0.3±0.1b	0.5±0.1ab	0.2±0.09b
Prostate (days)
7	0.6±0.1	1.1±0.2	0.2±0.2	0.6±0.1	0.4±0.2	0.4±0.1
15	0.7±0.2	0.7±0.3	0.4±0.08	0.2±0.1	0.5±0.3	0.3±0.2
30	1.6±0.5a	0.9±0.1ab	0.4±0.06ab	0.7±0.2ab	0.1±0.1b	0.2±0.0b
Seminal gland (days)
7	1.0±0.04	1.1±0.3	0.4±0.2	0.4±0.2	0.6±0.2	0.7±0.3
15	1.7±0.4a	1.1±0.5ab	0.6±0.4b	0.3±0.05b	0.7±0.5ab	0.8±0.4ab
30	1.7±0.4	1.9±0.4	0.2±0.05	0.2±0.2	0.7±0.6	0.6±0.3

Different letters in the same line are equivalent to statistically significant difference (p<0.05), DMSO=Dimethyl sulfoxide