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Five% SMSD-group and 10% SMSD-group were induced with BPH and fed with 5 and 10% S. macrocarpon-Supplemented Diet (SMSD), respectively. Benign prostate hyperplasia was induced in the animals by daily subcutaneous injections of Testosterone Propionate (TP) in olive oil for a period of 12 weeks and the animals were fed their respective diets throughout the duration. Parameters including Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), hematological indices including hemoglobin and white blood cells in vivo antioxidant markers such as Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST), glutathione (GSH) and catalase were determined. The histo-pathological changes of the prostate were also examined. The results showed that PSA levels decreased significantly (p<0.05) in groups fed with SMSD. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST) and glutathione (GSH) levels increased significantly (p<0.05) while WBC were significantly decreased (p<0.05) in the groups fed SMSD. 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