. 2021 Jul 9;9(9):4738–4744. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2322

TABLE 4.

Reproductive hormones after administration of different levels of soy isoflavones in PCOS induced rats

Parameters	PC	SIF_(0.10)	SIF_(0.15)	SIF_(0.20)
Progesterone mg/mL	9.16 ± 0.45^b	11.84 ± 0.48^a	12.90 ± 0.43^a	13.21 ± 0.45^a
Testosterone ng/dL	112.70 ± 2.85^a	97.34 ± 3.03^b	89.29 ± 2.71^bc	79.61 ± 2.85^c
FSH mIU/mL	4.37 ± 0.32^a	4.57 ± 0.34^a	4.55 ± 0.30^a	4.67 ± 0.32^b
LH mIU/mL	18.18 ± 0.67^a	16.50 ± 0.71^ab	15.31 ± 0.64^bc	13.91 ± 0.67^c
Prolactin ng/mL	35.16 ± 1.10^bc	37.55 ± 1.17^b	31.93 ± 1.04^c	44.29 ± 1.10^a
Estrogen pg/mL	63.40 ± 2.88^b	63.24 ± 3.05^b	60.28 ± 2.73^b	92.90 ± 2.88^a

The values are means ± SD of three independent determinations. PC (positive control without isoflavones); SIF_0.10 (soy isoflavones: 0.10 g/kg body weight); SIF_0.15 (soy isoflavones: 0.15 g/kg body weight); SIF_0.20 (soy isoflavones: 0.20 g/kg body weight).