| 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. | |||||||