Table 1 Effect of grilled tilapia fish diets fed for 3Â months on serum reproductive hormones, prolactin, sperm count, and sperm abnormalities of male albino rats
From: Fish diet and male reproductive hormones in albino rats
| Â | Â | Parameters | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | Total testosterone (ng/ml) | 17β-Estradiol (pg/ml) | FSH (nIU/ml) | LH (IU/ml) | Prolactin (ng/ml) | Sperm count (× 106) | Sperm abnormalities (%) | |
Groups | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Normal control group | Range | 2.12–3.83 | 0.42–0.56 | 0.78–1.20 | 3.20–4.10 | 0.50–0.67 | 8.05–9.20 | 6.00–8.00 | |
Mean ± S.E. | 2.93 ± 0.30 | 0.47 ± 0.02 | 0.96 ± 0.09 | 3.65 ± 0.23 | 0.59 ± 0.04 | 8.50 ± 0.35 | 7.33 ± 0.67 | ||
Rats fed with grilled tilapia fish groups | Wild fresh water tilapia fish | Range | 1.22–2.83 | 0.41–0.61 | 0.41–0.65 | 3.00–5.00 | 0.68–0.81 | 5.35–7.70 | 10.00–12.00 |
Mean ± S.E. | 1.87 ± 0.24 | 0.48 ± 0.03 | 0.50 ± 0.05 | 4.33 ± 0.67 | 0.73 ± 0.03 | 6.53 ± 1.18 | 11 ± 1 | ||
% of change | − 36.18 | 2.13 | − 47.92 | 18.63 | 23.73 | − 23.18 | 50.07 | ||
P value | P < 0.05(a) | N.S(a) | P < 0.01(a) | N.S(a) | P < 0.05(a) | N.S(a) | P < 0.05(a) | ||
Farmed fresh water tilapia fish | Range | 1.42–2.08 | 0.43–0.53 | 0.39–0.65 | 3.00–4.10 | 0.70–0.90 | 4.65–5.65 | 10.00–14.00 | |
Mean ± S.E. | 1.69 ± 0.08 | 0.48 ± 0.01 | 0.55 ± 0.08 | 3.50 ± 0.29 | 0.80 ± 0.04 | 5.07 ± 0.3 | 12.33 ± 1.20 | ||
% of change | − 42.32(a)–9.63(b) | 2.13(a) 0(b) | − 42.71(a) 10(b) | − 4.11(a)–19.17(b) | 35.59(a) 9.59(b) | − 40.35(a)–22.36(b) | 68.21(a) 12.09(b) | ||
P value | P < 0.01(a) N.S(b) | N.S(a), (b) | P < 0.05(a) N.S(b) | N.S(a), (b) | P < 0.05(a) N.S(b) | P < 0.01(a) N.S(b) | P < 0.05(a) N.S(b) | ||
Wild brackish water tilapia fish | Range | 1.50–2.26 | 0.42–0.51 | 0.21–0.31 | 1.00–2.00 | 0.39–0.41 | 4.55–7.80 | 10.00–14.00 | |
Mean ± S.E. | 1.84 ± 0.10 | 0.46 ± 0.01 | 0.27 ± 0.03 | 1.40 ± 0.24 | 0.40 ± 0.01 | 6.57 ± 1.02 | 11.67 ± 1.20 | ||
% of change | − 37.20 | − 2.13 | − 71.88 | − 61.64 | − 32.20 | − 22.71 | 59.21 | ||
P value | P < 0.01(a) | N.S(a) | P < 0.01(a) | P < 0.001(a) | P < 0.05(a) | N.S(a) | P < 0.05(a) | ||
Farmed brackish water tilapia fish | Range | 1.29–1.76 | 0.42–0.50 | 0.39–0.53 | 1.00–2.00 | 0.86–0.99 | 5.00–7.75 | 11.00–16.00 | |
Mean ± S.E. | 1.53 ± 0.1 | 0.45 ± 0.01 | 0.45 ± 0.03 | 1.40 ± 0.24 | 0.92 ± 0.03 | 5.84 ± 0.51 | 13.67 ± 1.45 | ||
% of change | − 47.78(a)–16.85(c) | − 4.26(a)–2.17(c) | − 53.13(a) 66.67(c) | − 61.64(a) 0(c) | 55.93(a) 130(c) | - -31.29(a)–11.11(c) | 86.49(a) 17.14(c) | ||
P value | P < 0.01(a) N.S(c) | N.S(a), (c) | P < 0.01(a), (c) | P < 0.001(a) N.S(c) | P < 0.01(a) P < 0.001(c) | P < 0.05(a) N.S(c) | P < 0.05(a) N.S (c) | ||
ANOVA | F = 8.63 P < 0.001 | F = 0.47 N.S | F = 17.10 P < 0.001 | F = 18.42 P < 0.001 | F = 30.64 P < 0.001 | F = 3.62 P < 0.05 | F = 4.39 P < 0.05 | ||