Blood serum was obtained by centrifugation (500 g for 10 min at 4°C) and stored at -20°C until being used to assess blood lipid profiles (total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein (HDL), low/very low density lipoprotein (LDL/VLDL) and cholesterol) using a commercially available ELISA assay kit (
ab65390, ABCAM, U.K.) according to the manufacturer’s directions.
The serum testosterone, FSH and LH levels were assessed using the total antioxidant capacity kit (
ab65329, Abcam, United Kingdom), testosterone ELISA kit (ab108666, Abcam, United Kingdom),
FSH ELISA kit (MBS703380, MyBioSource, U.S.A) and
LH ELISA kit (MBS041300, MyBioSource, U.S.A), respectively (according to the manufacturers protocols).
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