Research Article

Medicinal Mushroom Leucocalocybe mongolica Imai Extracts Improve Mammary Gland Differentiation in Lactating Rats via Regulating Protein Expression

Table 3

The various hormone concentrations in serum of dams.

TreatmentPRL (ng/mL)GH (µg/mL)Pg (ng/mL)E2 (ng/mL)

CON42.13 ± 3.302.50 ± 0.3418.57 ± 1.413.17 ± 2.93
MET65.20 ± 1.294.09 ± 0.1016.23 ± 1.379.838 ± 1.26
HP85.62 ± 0.884.46 ± 0.1712.43 ± 1.128.84 ± 1.27
MP68.74 ± 1.333.81 ± 0.2414.63 ± 0.659.07 ± 0.89
LP64.39 ± 5.603.38 ± 0.1218.4 ± 1.2711.1 ± 0.56
HW71.68 ± 3.974.40 ± 0.1014.93 ± 0.618.87 ± 0.81
MW50.56 ± 2.093.45 ± 0.1115.43 ± 0.7810.43 ± 0.602
LW47.72 ± 1.092.94 ± 0.4117.43 ± 1.1012.5 ± 1.3

The data obtained after 20-day treatment. The mean ± SD standard deviation is used to express the values. Compared with the CON group, , , and compared with the MET group.