Research Article

Gynura procumbens Improved Fertility of Diabetic Rats: Preliminary Study of Sperm Proteomic

Table 2

The effect of G. procumbens aqueous extract treatment on the number of female implantation sites upon copulation with the treated group male rats. Different letters beside the numbers suggest significant difference according to one-way ANOVA (p < 0.05).

GroupNumber of implantation sites

Normal10 ± 0.62
Diabetes00 ± 0.29
Metformin03 ± 1.06
150 mg/kg07 ± 0.49
300 mg/kg06 ± 0.36
450 mg/kg11 ± 0.57

Significantly increased compared to diabetic control (p<0.05); significantly increased compared to metformin-treated diabetic control (p<0.05).