Research Article

Preventive Effect and Safety of a Follicle Stimulating Hormone Inhibitory Formulation Containing a Mixture of Coicis Semen and Artemisia capillaris for Precocious Puberty: A Preliminary Experimental Study Using Female Rats

Table 1

Results of body index and weight of organs of the control and test groups after 3 weeks of treatment. compared with the control value.

IndexControlhEIF extract
50 mg/kg100 mg/kg200 mg/kg

Body length except tail (cm)17.87 ± 0.1317.88 ± 0.2918.08 ± 0.2418.34 ± 0.14
Body length (cm)36.53 ± 0.5037.02 ± 0.4437.02 ± 0.4237.08 ± 0.32
Body weight (g)172.83 ± 5.98190.14 ± 4.23189.46 ± 5.40187.94 ± 4.56
Femur length (cm)2.90 ± 0.052.91 ± 0.072.88 ± 0.022.92 ± 0.05
Femur weight (mg)545.70 ± 23.16540.80 ± 25.52531.70 ± 29.46544.80 ± 28.37
Kidney weight (mg)1406.00 ± 87.081394.80 ± 57.291347.40 ± 90.851320.00 ± 84.10
Liver weight (mg)7298.40 ± 828.437419.80 ± 25.527374.20 ± 884.966934.00 ± 306.75
Spleen weight (mg)363.20 ± 49.11422.80 ± 35.00419.20 ± 40.07385.80 ± 36.16