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Table 3 Effect of chronic exposure of different concentrations of BPS (0.5 μg/L, 5 μg/L, and 50 μg/L) on plasma testosterone and estradiol concentrations in male rats

From: Chronic exposure of bisphenol S (BPS) affect hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular activities in adult male rats: possible in estrogenic mode of action

  

Hormones

 

Groups

Testosterone (ng/ml)

Estradiol (pg/ml)

LH (ng/ml)

FSH (mIU/ml)

Control

12.36 ± 0.38

2.71 ± 0.24

1.84 ± 0.10

0.79 ± 0.04

BPS 0.5 μg/L

11.77 ± 0.37

3.52 ± 0.31

1.54 ± 0.12

0.68 ± 0.09

BPS 5 μg/L

10.56 ± 0.52**

3.69 ± 0.32*

1.55 ± 0.05

0.57 ± 0.07

BPS 50 μg/L

9.76 ± 0.25***

4.11 ± 0.13**

1.45 ± 0.10*

0.48 ± 0.03*

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 8)
  2. *, **, *** indicate significance at P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.001 vs control
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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

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