Effects of the Antiobesity Drugs Aplex and Venera on Certain Biochemical and Physiological Indices in Obese Adult Male Albino Rats

Table 7

Levels of testosterone, T3, T4, and leptin in sera of control and treated animal groups.

Parameters	Animal groups
	Control (mean ± SD)	Aplex (mean ± SD)	Venera (mean ± SD)
Testosterone (ng/dl)	1.03 ± 0.08	1.06 ± 0.24	0.98 ± 0.031
% change		2.91%	−5%
T3 (ng/dl)	47.9 ± 0.6	55 ± 2.2	56 ± 2.4
% change		15%	19%
T4 (ng/dl)	3.02 ± 0.01	3.00 ± 0.59	3.16 ± 0.57
% change		−0.60%	4.71%
Leptin (ng/dl)	1.90 ± 0.35	2.10 ± 0.41	1.98 ± 0.38
% change		10.53%	4.21%

Values are means ± SD of seven rats in each group. , in comparison to the control group using the t-test. T3, triiodothyronine; T4, thyroxine.