Table 6. Effects of Carpolobia lutea root Methanol Extract on Sperm acrosome reaction, sperm DNA integrity and seminal fructose level in Male Wistar Rats Exposed to Cadmium
S/N Groups Acrosome intact uncapacitated sperm (%) Acrosome reacted capacitated sperm (%) Chromatin condensation (%) Seminal fructose (mmol/L)
1 Control 8.4±2.66 91.6±2.66 10.4±1.43 0.54±0.026
2 Cd 84.8±2.40* 15.2±2.40* 35.9±5.26* 0.28±0.061*
3 Cd+MCL(100mg/Kg) 67.0±2.55*+ 33.0±2.55*+ 23.0±2.22*+ 0.40±0.022+
4 Cd+MCL(200mg/Kg) 32.0±7.52*+ 68.0±7.52*+ 14.1±1.57+ 0.49±0.064+
5 MCL(100mg/Kg) 13.8±3.12 86.3±6.25 11.4±1.10 0.57±0.086
6 MCL(200mg/Kg) 12.0±2.42 88.0±5.83 9.6±1.93 0.53±0.076
Values expressed in mean ± SEM,*,+p<0.05 show a significant difference when compared with control and Cd animals, respectively.