The Effects of Ficus carica on Male and Female Reproductive Capabilities in Rats

Table 6

Hormonal comparison of male and female rats in the F₀ generation.

Parameters	Control	FC 50 mg	FC 100 mg
GnRH male (lU/ml)	6.02 ± 0.08	6.17 ± 0.18	6.68 ± 0.17
GnRH female (lU/ml)	6.62 ± 0.82	6.62 ± 0.82	6.735 ± 0.81
FSH male (lU/ml)	0.43 ± 0.28	0.92 ± 0.11	1.80 ± 0.26
FSH female (lU/ml)	1.49 ± 0.30	5.09 ± 0.59	5.24 ± 0.57
LH male (lU/ml)	0.36 ± 0.06	0.62 ± 0.08	1.41 ± 0.28
LH female (lU/ml)	0.80 ± 0.009	3.18 ± 0.81	3.48 ± 0.77
Estradiol male (Pg/ml)	24.53 ± 3.20	35.38 ± 2.90	40.38 ± 2.81
Estradiol female (Pg/ml)	23.23 ± 2.68	48.3 ± 3.25	56.42 ± 3.09
Testosterone male (ng/ml)	0.83 ± 0.12	1.400 ± 0.27	1.45 ± 0.27
Testosterone female (ng/ml)	0.72 ± 0.008	0.95 ± 0.09	0.95 ± 0.07
DHT male (ng/dl)	18.00 ± 2.30	29.00 ± 2.65	35.00 ± 2.88
DHT female (ng/dl)	28.35 ± 3.29	29.15 ± 3.39	34.3 ± 2.76
DHEAS male (umol/l)	2.25 ± 0.29	7.01 ± 0.29	8.29 ± 0.27
DHEAS female (umol/l)	1.79 ± 0.26	5.65 ± 0.58	10.33 ± 2.88
Progesterone male (mg/ml)	12.42 ± 1.63	15.24 ± 1.56	13.09 ± 0.93
Progesterone female (mg/ml)	10.30 ± 1.47	10.73 ± 1.50	9.72 ± 1.16
Insulin male (IU/ml)	8.23 ± 0.49	13.11 ± 0.93	15.21 ± 1.38
Insulin female (IU/ml)	9.22 ± 1.33	9.34 ± 0.57	9.83 ± 0.57
Prolactin female ng/ml	7.38 ± 1.16	11.29 ± 1.32	25.59 ± 1.32

n = 6, data are shown as means ± SEM. deliberated as highly significant and as significant.