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Table 1 Effects of Thymus vulgaris extract on body weight, testicular and epididymal weights of rats

From: Effect of Thymus vulgaris leaf extract on cadmium-induced testicular toxicity in rats

Parameters

A (Control)

B (CdCl2)

C (TVE only)

D (CdCl2 + TVE)

Body weight (g)

193.50 ± 6.68a

185.60 ± 9.97a

191.50 ± 8.88a

189.50 ± 5.41a

Testicular weight (g)

2.83 ± 0.12a

1.57 ± 0.47b

3.83 ± 0.39a

1.77 ± 0.09b

Testicular/BW ratio (%)

1.45 ± 0.01a

0.83 ± 0.03b

1.98 ± 0.08a

0.92 ± 0.08b

Epididymal weight (g)

0.87 ± 0.19a

0.53 ± 0.03b

1.63 ± 0.38a

0.65 ± 0.13b

Epididymal/BW ratio (%)

0.42 ± 0.15a

0.25 ± 0.05b

0.83 ± 0.14a

0.32 ± 0.03b

  1. Values are Mean ± S.E.M, n = 8; BW, body weight; g, gram; CdCl2, Cadmium chloride; TVE, Thymus vulgaris extract. Mean values bearing different superscripts in the same row differ significantly at p ≤ 0.05