Table 2 Effect of eugenol treatment on seminal plasma essential and non-essential amino acids in ACR-induced testicular toxicity in rats.

Essential amino acids (μmol/ml)

 ARG

4.56 ± 0.08^a

3.85 ± 0.02^b

4.00 ± 0.15^b,c

4.32 ± 0.09^a,c

 HIS

1.61 ± 0.03^a

1.30 ± 0.02^b

1.57 ± 0.04^a

1.57 ± 0.02^a

 LEU

2.70 ± 0.03^a

2.27 ± 0.02^b

2.48 ± 0.09^c

2.70 ± 0.06^a

 ISOLEU

3.25 ± 0.09^a

2.69 ± 0.05^b

3.05 ± 0.10^a

3.08 ± 0.06^a

 LYS

3.09 ± 0.06^a,c

2.74 ± 0.03^b

2.92 ± 0.05^b,c

3.19 ± 0.09^a

 METH

1.03 ± 0.01^a

0.89 ± 0.01^b

1.03 ± 0.03^a

1.07 ± 0.02^a

 VAL

2.65 ± 0.03^a

2.26 ± 0.03^b

2.64 ± 0.05^a

2.63 ± 0.04^a

 THR

1.14 ± 0.03^a

0.95 ± 0.01^b

1.07 ± 0.02^a

1.05 ± 0.01^a

 PHE

1.22 ± 0.03^a

0.75 ± 0.02^b

0.89 ± 0.01^c

0.99 ± 0.01^d

 TRYP

0.72 ± 0.01^a

0.66 ± 0.01^b

0.69 ± 0.02^a,b

0.70 ± 0.01^a,b

Non-essential amino acids(μmol/ml)

 ASP

1.96 ± 0.04^a

1.19 ± 0.02^b

1.45 ± 0.06^c

1.63 ± 0.03^d

 SER

4.09 ± 0.02^a

2.47 ± 0.07^b

2.93 ± 0.04^c

3.27 ± 0.05^d

 PRO

1.04 ± 0.95^a

0.95 ± 0.01^b

1.03 ± 0.02^a,b

1.01 ± 0.03^a,b

 CYS

0.81 ± 0.02^a

0.49 ± 0.02^b

0.57 ± 0.02^c

0.66 ± 0.01^d

 TYR

0.98 ± 0.02^a

0.62 ± 0.01^b

0.79 ± 0.02^c

0.79 ± 0.01^c

 ALA

1.14 ± 0.03^a

0.88 ± 0.01^b

1.00 ± 0.01^c

1.04 ± 0.03^a,c

 GLU

4.99 ± 0.14^a

2.92 ± 0.05^b

3.93 ± 0.16 ^c

4.28 ± 0.11^c

 GLY

5.13 ± 0.04^a

4.29 ± 0.08^b

5.03 ± 0.08^a

5.29 ± 0.08^a