Table 5.
Appraisal of reforms in hormonal levels by I. batatas.
| Sample | Testosterone (ng/ml) |
FSH (mIU/ml) |
LH (mIU/ml) |
Estradiol (ng/ml) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 4.41±0.12c | 11.27±0.52c | 3.14±0.23c | 18.02±0.14a |
| Vehicle (10% DMSO) | 4.33±0.09c | 10.93±0.75c | 3.29±0.33c | 19.14±0.17b |
| Sildenafil (10 mg/kg) | 6.89±0.14a | 16.68±0.89a | 5.85±0.28a | 18.10±0.22a |
| BPA (50 mg/kg) | 1.47±0.06f | 5.71±0.31f | 1.41±0.14e | 26.19±0.16f |
| IPT- EA (300 mg/kg) | 6.05±0.11ab | 14.66±0.82b | 4.74±0.32b | 17.99±0.04a |
| IPT-M (300 mg/kg) | 5.54±0.15b | 14.14±0.54b | 4.34±0.23b | 18.88±0.11ab |
| IPA-EA (300 mg/kg) | 6.81±0.10a | 17.18±0.91a | 5.79±0.13a | 18.33±0.16a |
| IPA-M (300 mg/kg) | 5.78±0.12b | 14.05±0.43b | 4.45±0.18b | 19.26±0.28b |
| BPA+IPT-EA (300 mg/kg) | 3.98±0.06cd | 9.21±0.35d | 2.71±0.12cd | 21.88±0.18cd |
| BPA+IPT-EA (150 mg/kg) | 3.69±0.12de | 8.31±0.22de | 2.38±0.10d | 23.18±0.23e |
| BPA+IPT-M (300 mg/kg) | 3.82±0.05d | 8.59±0.18de | 2.54±0.09cd | 22.14±0.11cd |
| BPA+IPT-M (150 mg/kg) | 3.56±0.10e | 7.87±0.29e | 2.31±0.15d | 23.21±0.18e |
| BPA+IPA-EA (300 mg/kg) | 4.22±0.09c | 10.2±0.27cd | 3.09±0.13c | 20.07±0.17bc |
| BPA+IPA-EA (150 mg/kg) | 3.93±0.16cd | 9.22±0.36d | 2.59±0.12cd | 21.28±0.08de |
| BPA+IPA-M (300 mg/kg) | 3.87±0.11d | 9.04±0.42d | 2.65±0.10cd | 21.39±0.12c |
| BPA+IPA-M (150 mg/kg) | 3.58±0.12e | 8.01±0.35e | 2.35±0.09d | 22.78±0.31d |
FSH, follicle stimulating hormone and LH, luteinizing hormone. All the data are represented as Mean±SD (n=7), means with different superscript letters (a-f) in a column specify significant difference at P < 0.05. IPA, I. batatas aerial and IPT, I. batatas tuber extract.