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

Table 7

Hormonal comparison of male and female rats in the F₁ generation.

Parameters	Control	FC 50 mg	FC 100 mg
GnRH male (lU/ml)	6.29 ± 0.93	6.57 ± 0.81	7.38 ± 0.56
GnRH female (lU/ml)	7.64 ± 0.61	6.91 ± 0.82	7.06 ± 0.57
FSH male (lU/ml)	0.37 ± 0.04	0.92 ± 0.05	1.15 ± 0.22
FSH female (lU/ml)	1.18 ± 0.24	1.93 ± 0.28	3.97 ± 0.29
LH male (lU/ml)	0.32 ± 0.029	0.72 ± 0.06	0.68 ± 0.08
LH female (lU/ml)	1.14 ± 0.14	1.64 ± 0.29	1.82 ± 0.28
Estradiol male (Pg/ml)	19.17 ± 2.55	23.67 ± 2.80	25.83 ± 3.016
Estradiol female (Pg/ml)	18.06 ± 1.17	44.85 ± 1.45	50.05 ± 2.89
Testosterone male (ng/ml)	1.17 ± 0.13	1.04 ± 0.14	1.34 ± 0.13
Testosterone female (ng/ml)	0.66 ± 0.01	0.86 ± 0.19	0.99 ± 0.19
DHT male (ng/dl)	18.33 ± 1.28	21.33 ± 1.60	24.5 ± 2.92
DHT female (ng/dl)	27.84 ± 1.17	28.84 ± 1.08	29.84 ± 1.08
DHEAS male (umol/l)	2.9 ± 0.28	6.81 ± 0.28	6.99 ± 0.28
DHEAS female (umol/l)	1.04 ± 0.03	5.63 ± 0.80	7.34 ± 0.89
Progesterone male (mg/ml)	11.45 ± 0.59	11.83 ± 0.54	12.02 ± 0.58
Progesterone female (mg/ml)	8.22 ± 1.07	8.79 ± 0.01	8.32 ± 1.07
Insulin male (IU/ml)	8.25 ± 0.67	9.11 ± 0.57	9.47 ± 0.68
Insulin female (IU/ml)	8.31 ± 0.47	8.59 ± 0.28	8.59 ± 0.62
Prolactin female ng/ml	6.52 ± 0.82	6.47 ± 0.82	6.02 ± 0.58

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