Effect of Aqueous Extract from Morinda officinalis F. C. How on Microwave-Induced Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Testis Axis Impairment in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats

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Effects of different parts of aqueous extract on testis to body weight ratio (a) and epididymis to body weight ratio (b). Compared with the microwave exposure model group, water layer fraction of aqueous extract 40 g/kg treated rats showed an increased testis to body weight ratio and epididymis to body weight ratio (all ), but not compared with the ethyl acetate layer fraction of aqueous extract 40 g/kg treated rats. Values are expressed as mean ± SD (). , versus normal control group. , versus microwave exposure model group. ME = microwave exposure.

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