Resveratrol Is Not as Effective as Physical Exercise for Improving Reproductive and Metabolic Functions in Rats with Dihydrotestosterone-Induced Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Table 4
Weight of dissected tissues after 5 weeks of resveratrol treatment or exercise.
Control-vehicle
Control-RSV
PCOS-vehicle
PCOS-RSV
PCOS-exercise
()
()
()
()
()
Ovary (mg)
170 ± 7
171 ± 12
92 ± 15***
111 ± 19
127 ± 13
Uterus (mg)
639 ± 17
643 ± 41
257 ± 41**
389 ± 63
310 ± 46
Soleus (mg)
138 ± 11
147 ± 17
150 ± 12
146 ± 17
174 ± 6#
Soleus (g/kg BW)
0.48 ± 0.04
0.50 ± 0.05
0.43 ± 0.04
0.42 ± 0.04
0.48 ± 0.02#
Inguinal (g)
1.75 ± 0.20
1.53 ± 0.13
3.05 ± 0.24**
2.54 ± 0.22
1.74 ± 0.24##
Inguinal (g/kg BW)
5.9 ± 0.6
5.2 ± 0.4
8.7 ± 0.6**
7.4 ± 0.7
4.8 ± 0.6###
Parametrial (g)
5.84 ± 0.54
5.35 ± 0.45
7.85 ± 0.70
6.74 ± 0.65
5.33 ± 0.57#
Parametrial (g/kg BW)
19.8 ± 1.6
18.4 ± 1.5
22.2 ± 1.7
19.2 ± 1.5
14.7 ± 1.4##
Mesenteric (g)
3.11 ± 0.12
2.96 ± 0.14
2.74 ± 0.14
2.84 ± 0.18
2.66 ± 0.15
Mesenteric (g/kg BW)
10.5 ± 0.5
10.2 ± 0.4
7.8 ± 0.4**
8.1 ± 0.04
7.3 ± 0.4
Retroperitoneal (g)
2.76 ± 0.34
2.47 ± 0.21
3.02 ± 0.26
2.60 ± 0.28
1.82 ± 0.15###
Retroperitoneal (g/kg BW)
9.3 ± 1.1
8.5 ± 0.7
8.6 ± 0.7
7.4 ± 0.7
5.0 ± 0.4###
Values are presented as mean ± SEM values. Statistics were calculated with the Mann-Whitney test. **, *** versus control-vehicle and #, ##, ### versus PCOS-vehicle. BW: body weight; RSV: resveratrol.
