Stress Hormone and Reproductive System in Response to Honey Supplementation Combined with Different Jumping Exercise Intensities in Female Rats

Table 1

Serum cortisol, serum progesterone, and serum estradiol concentrations (mean ± SD).

Group	Cortisol	Progesterone	Estradiol
	pg/mL	ng/mL	pg/mL
C0	1.86±0.31	120.30±128.3	22.88±7.00
C	1.20±0.40^a	135.75±49.8	33.44±11.52
H	1.32±0.33^a	114.34±120.6	31.93±6.97
Ex20J	1.65±0.59^b	76.24±29.1^b	30.60±10.67
Ex80J	1.63±0.31^b	62.19±44.2^b	26.07±8.84
HEx20J	1.19 ± 0.44^a,d,e	191.05 ± 153.2^d,e	28.70±12.60
HEx80J	1.35±0.56^a	146.85 ± 85.5^d,e	31.06±6.73

Data were analysed by one-way ANOVA.
^aSignificantly different from C₀ (𝑃<0.05), ^bsignificantly different from C (𝑃<0.05), ^csignificantly different from H (𝑃<0.05), ^dsignificantly different from Ex_20J (𝑃<0.05), and ^esignificantly different from Ex_80J (𝑃<0.05).
C₀: baseline control; C: sedentary without honey and jumping exercise; H: honey supplementation of 1 g/kg body weight/day; Ex_20J: low intensity of 20 jumps/day; Ex_80J: high intensity of 80 jumps/day; HEx_20J: combined honey supplementation with low intensity of 20 jumps/day; HEx_80J: combined honey supplementation with high intensity of 80 jumps/day.