Table 2 Mean ± SE of sperm indices in control, PQ administrated, co-administrated and SPS administrated groups.

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Sciadopitysin mitigates spermatological and testicular damage instigated by paraquat administration in male albino rats

Parameters

Groups

Control

PQ

PQ + SPS

SPS

Epididymal Sperm Count (million/mL)

25.43 ± 1.22a

7.27 ± 0.45c

17.06 ± 0.68b

25.84 ± 1.21a

Motility (%)

83.98 ± 1.28a

31.56 ± 1.48c

71.36 ± 2.06b

84.44 ± 1.45a

Dead sperms (%)

8.06 ± 1.06a

75.48 ± 2.45c

25.28 ± 1.38b

8.11 ± 1.08a

Head abnormality (%)

3.14 ± 0.16a

29.84 ± 1.10c

7.57 ± 0.71b

3.11 ± 0.16a

Mid sperm abnormality (%)

0.75 ± 0.05a

6.95 ± 0.43c

2.12 ± 0.11b

0.72 ± 0.04a

Tail abnormality (%)

2.76 ± 0.11a

19.39 ± 0.16c

8.66 ± 0.29b

2.73 ± 0.11a

Hypo- osmotic swelled sperm count (HOS) (%)

81.70 ± 1.51a

19.62 ± 1.16c

63.43 ± 2.92b

84.60 ± 1.77a

  1. Values with dissimilar letters are notably (P < 0.05) dissimilar from other groups. PQ: Paraquat; SPS Sciadopitysin.