Table 5. Effects of Carpolobia lutea root Methanol Extract on Sperm kinetics in Male Wistar Rats Exposed to Cadmium
S/N Groups Linearity (%) Straightness (%) Wobble (%) Mean Move angle (Degree)
1 Control 26.6±0.079 44.5±0.045 52.9±4.288 9.6±0.228
2 Cd(2mg/kg) 60.8 ±0.163* 70.5 ±0.358* 86.3±0.673* 1.3±0.165*
3 Cd+MCL(100mg/Kg) 29.2±0.148*+ 43.6±0.138+ 67.0 ±0.566*+ 6.9±0.020*+
4 Cd+MCL(200mg/Kg) 28.8±0.479*+ 45.2±0.414+ 63.8±0.615*+ 7.3±0.276*+
5 MCL(100mg/Kg) 25.2±0.218* 42.5±0.434* 59.4±0.866* 10.6±0.163*
6 MCL(200mg/Kg) 23.7±0.405* 42.4 ±0.567* 56.0±0.430 122.3±0.349*
Values expressed in mean ± SEM,*,+p<0.05 show a significant difference when compared with Control and Cd, respectively.