Allium ampeloprasum var. Porrum (Alliaceae) Improves Metabolic and Reproductive Disorders Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Wistar Rats
Table 3
Effects of the aqueous extract of A. ampeloprasum on the number of different types of ovarian follicles.
Groups
Primary follicles
Secondary follicles
Tertiary follicles
Graafian follicles
Corpora lutea
Cystic follicles
Atretic follicles
NC
3.33 ± 0.39
2.60 ± 0.32
3.40 ± 0.48
2.60 ± 0.32
10.20 ± 0.65
0.00 ± 0.00
5.00 ± 0.36
LZ + DW
1.40 ± 0.32
1.31 ± 0.30
1.40 ± 0.32###
1.60 ± 0.41
5.63 ± 0.47
10.20 ± 0.47
9.00 ± 0.25
LZ + CM
2.60 ± 0.66
3.20 ± 0.30
4.56 ± 0.72
5.00 ± 0.36,###
8.60 ± 0.66#
2.80 ± 0.54,###
2.40 ± 0.32,###
LZ + AE192
3.00 ± 0.57
3.20 ± 0.40
2.70 ± 0.54
2.60 ± 0.61
6.40 ± 0.75
4.00 ± 0.57,###
6.66 ± 0.80#
LZ + AE384
3.96 ± 0.50#
3.80 ± 0.65##
2.40 ± 0.20
3.00 ± 0.57
7.70 ± 0.59
3.80 ± 0.30,###
6.26 ± 0.43##
LZ + AE768
5.80 ± 0.54,###
3.20 ± 0.60
3.20 ± 0.40
4.20 ± 0.54##
8.80 ± 0.70#
3.00 ± 0.44,###
5.30 ± 0.60###
NC: normal control, LZ + DW: negative control; LZ + CM: positive control; AE: aqueous extract of A. ampeloprasum; CM: clomiphene citrate + metformin; DW: distilled water; and LZ: letrozole. Results are presented as mean ± S.E.M. n = 6, ,, and vs NC; #,##, and ### vs LZ + DW.
