Body weight and uterus wet weight
The weekly average body weights of rats in each group through- out the experimental period are
depicted in Fig. 2. There was no significant difference in the mean body weight initially in each
group, however, at sacrifice (after 12 weeks), the rats in XLGB, E2 and ECH groups, weighed
significantly less than the OVX rats (p < 0.01). The body weight of the ECH group at all doses
increased less than the OVX group, which were increased by 65.88%, 59.00% or 43.66%, respectively
(p < 0.01), compared to the OVX group. The body weights of the rats in the XLGB and E2 group were
also lower than the OVX group by 51.02% and 65.42%, respectively (p < 0.01).
< 0.01).