| 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. | |||||