. 2020 Sep 18;12(2):245–253. doi: 10.1016/j.jaim.2020.09.001

Table 3.

Effect of combined E. scaber (ES) and S. androgynus (SA) extract on progesterone levels of infected pregnant mice.

Group	Progesterone levels (pg/mL)
Group	Day-8	Day-12	Day-16
N	2.93 ± 0.008^a	3.22 ± 0.008^a	2.92 ± 0.014^a
C+	2.92 ± 0.010^a	3.09 ± 0.004^b	2.93 ± 0.005^a
C1	2.93 ± 0.025^a	3.09 ± 0.052^b	2.94 ± 0.010^a
C2	2.92 ± 0.020^a	3.22 ± 0.034^a	2.91 ± 0.018^a
C3	2.93 ± 0.047^a	3.14 ± 0.030^b	2.92 ± 0.009^a
C4	2.93 ± 0.116^a	3.19 ± 0.054^b	2.92 ± 0.012^a
C5	2.93 ± 0.018^a	3.12 ± 0.031^b	2.90 ± 0.008^a

Values were expressed as mean ± SD, n = 4. Healthy pregnant mice were not subjected to E. coli infection (N), pregnant mice infected with E. coli (C+), pregnant mice infected with E. coli and treated with 200 mg/kg of ES (C1), pregnant mice infected with E. coli and treated with combined 150 mg/kg ES and 37.5 mg/kg SA (75% ES: 25% SA), 100 mg/kg ES and 75 mg/kg SA (50% ES: 50% SA), 50 mg/kg ES and 112.5 mg/kg SA (25% ES: 75% SA) (C2, C3, C4, respectively), pregnant mice infected with E. coli and treated with 150 mg/kg SA (C5). Different superscript letters indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05).