Menoprogen, a TCM Herbal Formula for Menopause, Increases Endogenous E₂ in an Aged Rat Model of Menopause by Reducing Ovarian Granulosa Cell Apoptosis

Table 4

The effect of serum from Menoprogen-fed rats on in vitro GC apoptosis () ( per arm) using the MTT method. The final results were performed in triplicate and repeated three times.

Rat group	Optical density
Normal control	0.54 ± 0.04
NAM	0.45 ± 0.04
Low-dose medicated serum	0.62 ± 0.07
Middle-dose medicated serum	0.72 ± 0.07
High-dose medicated serum	0.51 ± 0.04

⁢⁢ versus NAM group.