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Table 3 Mean ± SEM number of ovarian follicles in control, PCOS, resveratrol, metformin and metformin+resveratrol treated rats

From: Effect of resveratrol and metformin on ovarian reserve and ultrastructure in PCOS: an experimental study

Parameters

Control

PCOS

Resveratrol

Metformin

Metformin+Resveratrol

%5 Ethanol

Saline

Primordial follicle

75 ± 2.88

20.64 ± 2.68**

56.56 ± 2.86+

56.67 ± 5.01+

49.56 ± 4.70+

27.86 ± 4.33*

30.43 ± 4.64*

Unilaminar primary follicle

51.57 ± 6.72

33.73 ± 1.63**

32.78 ± 2.01**

32.89 ± 0.42**

32.67 ± 0.53**

31.71 ± 1.63**

32.29 ± 5.13**

Multilaminar primary follicle

40.14 ± 0.51

21.36 ± 1.50**

20.78 ± 0.95**

20.11 ± 0.95**

20.67 ± 0.78**

24.57 ± 0.75**

25.71 ± 1.02**

Secondary follicle

9.29 ± 0.47

13.09 ± 0.34**

9.56 ± 0.44+

9.89 ± 0.42+

9.56 ± 0.58+

12.86 ± 0.4**

12.86 ± 0.63**

Graafian follicle

7.57 ± 0.65

1.73 ± 0.38**

5.44 ± 0.56+

5.11 ± 0.87+

6 ± 0.96+

2.57 ± 0.97**

1.86 ± 0.63**

Corpus luteum

13 ± 1.45

2 ± 0.36**

13.22 ± 1.53++

13.22 ± 1.38++

14.89 ± 1.18++

3.57 ± 0.37**

4.29 ± 0.42**

Atretic follicle

1.43 ± 0.3

6.09 ± 0.34**

1.78 ± 0.32++

2.67 ± 0.33++

2.56 ± 0.44++

5.43 ± 0.65**

5.14 ± 0.34**

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM
  2. *, ** versus control group; P < 0,05 and P < 0.001, respectively
  3. +, ++ versus PCOS group; P < 0,05 and P < 0.001, respectively