Table 1 Effect of Quercetin on sex hormones and cytokines and inflammatory mediator in serum
| Â | Sexual hormones | Cytokines and inflammatory mediator | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Testosterone (ng/ml) | FSH (ng/ml) | LH (ng/ml) | IL-1β (pg/ml) | TNF-α (pg/ml) | MCP-1 (pg/ml) | |
Control group | 7.5 ± 0.54 | 9.6 ± 0.71 | 2.4 ± 0.32 | 16.2 ± 1.5 | 17.5 ± 2.4 | 81.3 ± 7.6 |
Quercetin group | 7.3 ± 0.60 | 9.1 ± 0.82 | 2.3 ± 0.87 | 14.7 ± 1.3 | 16.7 ± 2.1 | 77.4 ± 6.8 |
Pb group | 3.2 ± 0.39 P < 0.001 | 5.8 ± 0.61 P < 0.001 | 0.81 ± 0.16 P < 0.001 | 35.6 ± 2.4 P < 0.001 | 37.2 ± 4.1 P < 0.001 | 135.6 ± 5.3 P < 0.001 |
Quercetin + Pb group | 7.1 ± 0.45 P < 0.001 | 7.2 ± 0.43 P < 0.001 | 1.7 ± 0.15 P < 0.01 | 18.2 ± 1.7 P < 0.001 | 20.1 ± 2.3 P < 0.001 | 82.4 ± 7.6 P < 0.001 |