Table 2 Sex-inducing activity of the extracts separated on a commercial octadecylsilane (ODS) column
Test food | Number of test worms that developed a pair of ovaries (%) | Number of test worms that developed a copulatory apparatus (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Dugesia ryukyuensis | Fr. M0 | 50/50 (100.0 ± 0.0) | 50/50 (100.0 ± 0.0) |
|  | Fr. M10 | 47/49 (96.0 ± 4.0) | 44/49 (89.5 ± 6.5) |
|  | Fr. M30 | 0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0) | 0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0) |
|  | Fr. M100 | 0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0) | 0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0) |
|  | Fr. H | 0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0) | 0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0) |
Bdelloceplala brunnea | Fr. M0 | 50/50 (100.0 ± 0.0) | 44/50 (88.0 ± 8.0) |
|  | Fr. M10 | 45/49 (91.8 ± 4.3) | 39/49 (79.6 ± 4.5) |
|  | Fr. M30 | 0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0) | 0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0) |
|  | Fr. M100 | 0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0) | 0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0) |
|  | Fr. H | 0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0) | 0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0) |
|  | Minced worms | 49/49 (100.0 ± 0.0) | 47/49 (96.0 ± 4.0) |
Chicken liver |  | 0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0) | 0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0) |