. 2021 Nov 30;76(5):1519–1535. doi: 10.22092/ari.2021.355554.1697

Table 2.

Effect of 2 and 5 g of ginseng as a dietary supplement on the reproductive hormones of rams at different periods in the non-breeding season.

Groups	Time after treatment (days)
Groups	0	15	30	45	60	75	90
Testosterone	G1	0.57±0.11^a	0.51±0.18^a	0.64±0.09^a	0.66±0.13^a	0.98±0.12^a	1.91±0.23^a	2.35±0.42^a
	G2	0.61±0.13^a	0.78±0.07^a	1.38±0.31^b	1.97±0.33^a	2.45±0.39^b	2.99±0.47^a	3.57±0.41^a
	Control	0.79±0.09^a	0.68±0.07^a	0.61±0.11^a	0.59±0.08^a	0.63±0.07^a	0.39±0.05^b	0.41±0.05^b
SSH	G1	14.82±2.96^a	21.89±4.11^a	22.67±5.21^a	40.8±5.31^a	42.12±4.84^a	44.91±3.39^a	52.43±2.68^a
	G2	10.01±1.09^a	15.96±2.24^a	29.79±3.32^b	58.71±7.71^a	71.61±5.11^b	66.32±3.43^b	69.99±4.11^b
	Control	13.94±1.24^a	17.83±2.12^a	15.09±1.90^a	12.47±2.05^b	17.04±2.18^c	17.66±1.16^c	21.52±2.98^c
ICSH	G1	0.68±0.09^a	0.52±0.05^a	1.91±0.18^a	1.97±0.25^a	1.55±0.18^a	2.85±0.52^a	2.94±0.32^a
	G2	0.81±0.13^a	0.43±0.08^a	1.94±0.14^a	1.75±0.39^a	2.35±0.61^a	2.68±0.57^a	3.15±0.58^a
	Control	0.72±0.08^a	0.59±0.06^a	0.81±0.11^a	0.73±0.12^b	0.66±0.12^b	0.84±0.06^b	0.78±0.07^b

The data represent levels of reproductive hormones ng/mlas (mean±standard error of the mean).Different letters within each column in each hormone indicate a significant difference (P<0.05).G1: ginseng 2 g, G2: ginseng 5 g, SSH: spermatogenesis stimulating hormone, ICSH: interstitial cell-stimulating hormone