Table 4. Effects of Carpolobia lutea root m ethanol extract on sperm kinetics in Male Wistar Rats Exposed to Cadmium
S/N Groups Average path (µm/s) Curvilinear (µm/s) Straight line (µm/s) Amplitude of lateral head (µm/s) Beat Cross Frequency (Hz) Line Moving (%)
1 Control 16.6±0.26 27.8±0.50 7.4±0.11 0.89±0.018 3.32±0.096 29.4±0.429
2 Cd (2mg/kg) 3.4±0.52* 4.2±0.56* 2.5±0.35* 0.19±0.025* 0.46 ±0.028* 7.1±0.817*
3 Cd+MCL
(100mg/Kg)
14.3 ±0.03*+ 21.4±0.22*+ 6.3±0.03*+ 0.74 ±0.004*+ 2.39 ±0.024*+ 28.6±0.142+
4 Cd+MCL
(200mg/Kg)
15.3 ±0.24*+ 24.0 ±0.42*+ 6.9±0.16*+ 0.80±0.011*+ 2.67 ±0.054*+ 30.5 ±1.097+
5 MCL
(100mg/Kg)
17.3±0.24* 29.1±0.82 7.4±0.16 0.92±0.020 3.63±0.116* 27.2 ±0.676*
6 MCL
(200mg/Kg)
17.6±0.04* 31.5±0.25* 7.5±0.11 0.95 ±0.002* 4.01 ±0.062* 25.8 ±0.542*
Values expressed in mean ± SEM,*,+p<0.05 show a significant difference when compared with Control and Cd, respectively.