Evaluation of Male Fertility-Enhancing Activities of Water Seed Extract of Hunteria umbellata in Wistar Rats

Table 4

Effect of repeated daily oral treatments with 100-400 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract on serum testosterone (TS), luteinizing hormone LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin (PRL), and estradiol (ES) of treated rats.

Groups	TS (ng/ml)	LH (ng/ml)	FSH (ng/ml)	PRL (ng/ml)	ES (ng/ml)
I	02.53 ± 0.04	0.66 ± 0.03	02.32 ± 0.04	03.14 ± 0.19	2.40 ± 0.06
II	05.87 ± 0.6	01.47 ± 0.4	03.06 ± 0.0	02.86 ± 0.11	2.13 ± 0.07
III	04.04 ± 0.1	00.83 ± 0.0	02.66 ± 0.0	02.82 ± 0.10	2.37 ± 0.04
IV	04.70 ± 0.1	01.16 ± 0.0	02.76 ± 0.0	02.42 ± 0.17	2.46 ± 0.10
V	06.39 ± 0.3	01.42 ± 0.0	03.25 ± 0.1	02.32 ± 0.0	2.41 ± 0.13
VI	02.59 ± 0.03	00.64 ± 0.02	02.29 ± 0.03	02.90 ± 0.30	2.28 ± 0.04

and represent significant increases at p<0.05, p<0.01, and p<0.001, respectively, when compared to Group I values, while represents a significant decrease at p<0.05 when compared to Group I values.
I = 10 ml/kg/day of distilled water.
II = 0.3 mg/kg/day of clomiphene dissolved in distilled water.
III = 100 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract dissolved in distilled water.
IV = 200 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract dissolved in distilled water.
V = 400 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract dissolved in distilled water.
VI = 20 mg/kg/day of Vitamin C dissolved in distilled water.