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Table 8.

Progesterone concentration of preovulatory follicular granulosa cells.

Groups	Concentration of progesterone (Pmol/L)
Groups	1 h	4 h	8 h	12 h
Control	75.9 ± 1.15^a	79.3 ± 4.90^a	94.2 ± 8.99^a	95.6 ± 7.51^A
Total flavonoids of Epimedium	71.9 ± 4.04^a	94.3 ± 6.06^b	120.6 ± 6.08^b	147.9 ± 5.19^B
Human chorionic gonadotropin	84.9 ± 1.15^b	95.3 ± 8.25^b	101.6 ± 3.47^c	176.6 ± 5.20^C

^a,b,cIndicates significant differences in the control, total flavonoids of Epimedium, and human chorionic gonadotropin group (P < 0.05).

^A,B,CIndicates extremely significant differences in the control, total flavonoids of Epimedium, and human chorionic gonadotropin group (P < 0.01) (n = 3).