Phenolic Profiling and Evaluation of Contraceptive Effect of the Ethanolic Extract of Salsola imbricata Forssk. in Male Albino Rats

Table 3

Effects of prolonged oral administration of the ethanolic extract of Salsola imbricata on the weight of the body and sexual organs of male rats.

Groups	Body weight (gm)		Testis^a	Seminal vesicles^a	Prostate^a	Epididymis^a
	Initial	Final
Group I	208.9 ± 9.6	326.3 ± 10.3	2.31 ± 0.10	0.135 ± 0.02	0.40 ± 0.01	0.48 ± 0.01
Group II	203.2 ± 7.6	321.2 ± 13.1	2.01 ± 0.45	0.323 ± 0.09	0.37 ± 0.06	0.29 ± 0.09
Group III	207.3 ± 9.3	317.6 ± 12.3	1.83 ± 0.29	0.188 ± 0.02	0.42 ± 0.06	0.195 ± 0.06

g/100 g body weight; group I: control; group II received the extract at dose of 250 mg/kg b. wt.; group III received the extract at dose of 500 mg/kg b. wt.