Table 3.

Effects of the diet containing 10% and 20% of P. atlantica (treatment) on body weights and male reproductive organs (testis, epididymis, prostate, and seminal vesicle.

groups	initial weight (g)	final weight (g)	body weight difference (g)	testis absolute weight (g)	epididymis absolute weight (g)	prostate absolute weight (g)	seminal vesicle absolute weight (g)	testis relative weight %	Epididymis relative weight %	Prostate relative weight %	Seminal relative weight %
control	142 ± 3.9	222.8 ± 4.5	80.8	2.38 ± 0.06	0.42 + .02	0.54 ± .02	0.72 ± .0.03	1.07 ± 0.04	0.18 ± .007	0.22 ± 0.01	0.32 ± .0.01
10% (w/w) of P. atlantica	145 ± 1.84	198.8 ± 3.38∗	53.8	2.32 ± .1	0.462 ± .01	0.495 ± .01	0.745 ± .01	1.16 ± .03∗	0.23 ± .004∗	0.24 ± .005	0.37 ± .008
20% (w/w) of P. atlantica	142 ± 4.7	204.5 ± 5.3 ∗	62.5	2.51 ± 0.07 ∗	0.57 + 0.01 ∗∗	0.56 ± 0.01	0.83 ± 0.06 ∗	1.19 ± 0.04∗	0.27 ± 0.007 ∗∗∗	0.25 ± 0.01	0.41 ± 0.03 ∗∗

Data have been expressed as mean ± SEM, ∗∗∗P < 0.001, ∗∗P < 0.01, ∗P < 0.05, significant differences compared to the control group.