Camel milk or silymarin could improve the negative effects that experimentally produced by aflatoxin B1 on rat’s male reproductive system

Table 1 Effect of camel milk and silymarin on body weight for rats fed on a diet containing 1.4 mg of aflatoxin B1/kg diet for 21 and 28 days (n = 5 for each period/group)

Groups items	Day	Control	CM	S	A	ACM	AS
Initial weight (g)	21	83.2 ± 0.44	84.0 ± 0.47	84.2 ± 0.37	84.1 ± 0.62	83.2 ± 0.60	84.0 ± 0.32
Initial weight (g)	28	84.0 ± 0.35	83.4 ± 0.51	84.0 ± 0.42	84.1 ± 0.33	84.1 ± 0.24	84.2 ± 0.46
Final weight (g)	21	130.0 ± 1.9^aY	118.6 ± 0.68^cY	118.4 ± 0.75^cY	117.6 ± 1.96^cX	117.0 ± 1.76^cY	123.6 ± 2.14^bY
Final weight (g)	28	147.8 ± 0.38^aX	145.5 ± 0.22^abX	146.64 ± 1.21^abX	121.0 ± 1.0^dX	140.0 ± 1.73^cX	143.2 ± 1.74^bcX
Mortality	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mortality	28	0	0	0	0	0	0

Values are means ± SE. Mean values with different subscript letters (a–d) at the same row significantly differ at (P ≤ 0.05). Mean values with different subscript letters (X-Y) at the same column significantly differ at (P ≤ 0.05). CM: Camel milk; S: silymarin, A: Aflatoxin, ACM: Aflatoxin + camel milk, AS: Aflatoxin + silymarin

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