Research Article

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

Table 5

Effect of prolonged oral administration of the ethanolic extract of Salsola imbricata on the hormones level (ng/mL) on male rats.

GroupsLHFSHTestosterone

Group I1.39 ± 0.128.07 ± 0.311.72 ± 0.10
Group II1.38 ± 0.117.99 ± 0.341.81 ± 0.18
Group III1.35 ± 0.158.14 ± 0.271.85 ± 0.14

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.