Table 3.

Reproductive hormones in female African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, exposed to chlorpyrifos (8.75 µg/L.) and/or co-administrated with papaya, Carica papaya, aqueous extract (250 mg/kg body weight) for 6 weeks.

Items	Control	Chlorpyrifos	Papaya	Chlorpyrifos + Papaya
Follicle-stimulating hormone (µ/L)	0.68 ± 0.05 a	0.26 ± 0.06 c	0.72 ± 0.04 a	0.67 ± 0.03 b
Luteinizing hormone (µ/L)	0.33 ± 0.01 b	0.78 ± 0.09 a	0.31 ± 0.04 b	0.32 ± 0.05 b
Estradiol (17-β E2; g/mL)	349.31 ± 0.41 a	253.51 ± 0.15 c	350.21 ± 0.23 a	339.24 ± 0.13 b
Testosterone (g/mL)	54.15 ± 0.34 b	80.52 ± 0.25 a	55.20 ± 0.41 b	50.34 ± 0.31 c

Means with different superscript letters in the same column for each parameter are significantly different (p < 0.05).