Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Cydonia oblonga Miller (Quince) on Sexual Behaviour of Wistar Rats

Table 3

Effect of Cydonia oblonga extract on orientation activities of male rats towards females, towards environment, and towards self on the 14th day of the study.

Groups	Towards female; (1 hour)		Towards environment; (1 hour)	Towards self; (1 hour)
	Licking	Anogenital sniffing	Climbing	Genital grooming
Normal control	3.12±0.14	2.92±0.59	9.85±0.78	6.33±0.29
Treated group (500 mg/kg)	3.66±0.78^IS	3.51±0.35^a	10.76±0.49^a	6.74±0.31^a
Treated group (800 mg/kg)	4.13±0.23^a	3.71±0.15^b	11.92±0.33^b	8.18±0.47^b
Standard group	5.82±0.45^b	6.31±0.74^b	14.56±0.32^b	9.66±0.27^b

Values are mean ± standard deviation.
^a𝑃<0.05: significant difference when compared with the control group.
^b𝑃<0.01: highly significant difference when compared with the control group.
IS: insignificant difference when compared with the control group.