Effect of Panax Ginseng on Testosterone Level and Prostate in Male Rats

M. S. Fahim Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA

Z. Fahim Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA

J. M. Harman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA

T. E. Clevenger Environmental Trace Substances Research Center, University of Missouri, Route 3, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA

W. Mullins Environmental Trace Substances Research Center, University of Missouri, Route 3, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA

E. S. E. Hafez Department of Gynecology/ Obstetrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 550 E. Canfield, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA

Abstract

Adult male rats were treated with 1% and 5% Panax Ginseng in their diet for 60 days. Control rats were used. There was an increase in daily food consumption without an increase in body weight of treated animals. Rats that received 5% ginseng experienced a significant increase in blood testosterone level (p < 0.001). Prostate weight in the treated animals was significantly reduced as compared to the control animals.

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