Table-1.

Effect of combined ES and SA ethanol extract on FSH levels of the experimental mice.

Group	FSH levels (ng/mL)
	Day-8	Day-12	Day-16
N	24.55±1.73c	51.30±0.67c	29.12±2.74c
K+	12.33±1.71a	39.83±0.79b	19.12±0.16b
ES	25.62±2.68c	28.61±0.75a	11.92±1.67a
ESSA1	17.35±1.53b	26.61±1.43a	31.95±0.76c
ESSA2	20.54±0.37b	44.17±0.31c	22.12±1.84b
ESSA3	27.19±2.12c	41.13±1.00c	26.58±2.15c
SA	21.40±1.19b	31.57±0.69a	29.83±0.82c

Values represent mean±SD, n=4. Healthy pregnant mice were not subjected to E. coli infection (N), pregnant mice infected with E. coli (K+), pregnant mice infected with E. coli and treated with 200 mg/kg of ES (ES), 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), and 50 mg/kg ES and 112.5 mg/kg SA (25% ES:75% SA) (ESSA1, ESSA2, and ESSA3, respectively), and pregnant mice infected with E. coli and treated with 150 mg/kg SA (SA). Different superscript letters indicate statistical significance in the same column (p<0.05). ES=Elephantopus scaber, SA=Sauropus androgynus, FSH=Follicle-stimulating hormone, LH=Luteinizing hormone, E. coli=Escherichia coli