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Table 1 Effect of oral rifaximin on serum hormone levels of male rats

From: Rifaximin modulates TRH and TRH-like peptide expression throughout the brain and peripheral tissues of male rats

 

Testosterone nmol/L

fT3 pg/ml

fT4 ng/dl

Leptin ng/ml

Rat insulin ng/ml

Glucose mg/dl

CON

16.8 ± 9.1

2.61 ± 0.30

2.94 ± 0.24

3.97 ± 1.27

0.15 ± 0.04

130 ± 8

AC

12.3 ± 4.8

1.90 ± 0.35

2.69 ± 0.49

3.69 ± 1.88

0.15 ± 0.09

128 ± 19

CHR

15.5 ± 4.2

2.43 ± 0.45

2.72 ± 0.19

4.43 ± 1.06

0.21 ± 0.04

123 ± 4*

WD

14.8 ± 8.0

2.54 ± 0.46

3.14 ± 0.37

2.95 ± 0.51

0.30 ± 0.18

145 ± 16

  1. There were no significant changes by one way ANOVA versus the corresponding control group. All results are mean ± SD
  2. *p < 0.05 by one-way ANOVA versus the WD group