| Table 3. Effects of Carpolobia lutea root Methanol Extract on total sperm detected, total motile sperm, progressive motility, non-progressive motility and immotile sperm in Male Wistar Rats Exposed to Cadmium | ||||||
| S/N | Groups | Total Sperm Detected | Total motile Sperm | Progressive Motility (%) | Non Progressive Motility (%) | Immotile sperm (%) |
| 1 | Control | 1107±20.7 | 955±30 | 41±0.76 | 46±0.60 | 14±1.26 |
| 2 | Cd (2mg/kg) | 38±2.6* | 25±16* | 7±0.82* | 48±4.06 | 45±4.88* |
| 3 | Cd+MCL (100mg/Kg) | 614±64.2*+ | 484±16*+ | 33±0.75*+ | 48±0.69 | 20±0.06*+ |
| 4 | Cd+MCL (200mg/Kg) | 835±61.5*+ | 667±50*+ | 37±0.64*+ | 43±0.84 | 20±0.22*+ |
| 5 | MCL (100mg/Kg) | 1256±11.8* | 1080±14* | 39±1.75 | 47±2.17 | 14±0.66 |
| 6 | MCL (200mg/Kg) | 1557±73.1* | 1384±79* | 40±0.95 | 48±0.17 | 11±1.11 |
| Values expressed in mean ± SEM,*,+p<0.05 show a significant difference when compared with Control and Cd, respectively. | ||||||