Table 2.

Impact of TS on the serum LDH activity, BUN, and testosterone level in exercised rats (n = 8 in each group, mean ± SD).

Indices	NTSNE	TSNE	NTSE	TSE
LDH (U/L)	1345.83 ± 86.61	1212.83 ± 97.01	1512.00 ± 273.42†	1409.17 ± 237.10
BUN (mmol/L)	7.17 ± 0.83##,**	6.58 ± 0.57##,**	11.13 ± 1.42	10.02 ± 1.22*
Testosterone (ng/mL)	19.75 ± 14.51††	73.95 ± 55.01	8.13 ± 4.31††	12.46 ± 10.69††

Abbreviations: BUN = blood urea nitrogen; LDH = lactate dehydrogenase; NTSE = animals receiving no TS but exercised to exhaustion group; NTSNE = animals receiving no TS and no exercise; TS = total soy saponins; TSE = animals receiving TS and exercised to exhaustion group; TSNE = animals receiving TS but no exercise group.

^*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, compared with NTSE group.

^##p < 0.01, compared with TSE group.

^†p < 0.05, ^††p < 0.01, compared with TSNE group.