Table 1

Experimental groups	Anti-oxidative enzymes
Table 1. Effect of different doses of HEE of C. pulcherrima on the activities of SOD and CAT in the testis, epididymis, sperm pellet and liver after 2 hrs of incubation. Data expressed as mean±SEM, n=16. Values in columns with different superscripts (a-c) differ from each other significantly; p<0.05. ANOVA followed by “Multiplecomparison Student’s two-tail ‘t’-test. Values in parenthesis indicate the percentage of diminution (↓) in respect to the control.
	SOD (unit/mg of tissue)					CAT (μM of H₂O₂ consumed / mg of tissue/min)
	Reproductive tissue		Sperm pellet (Rat)	Sperm pellet (Human)	Metabolic tissue (liver) (Rat)	Reproductive tissue		Sperm pellet (Rat)	Sperm pellet (Human)	Metabolic tissue (liver) (Rat)
	Testis (Rat)	Epididymis (Rat)	Sperm pellet (Rat)	Sperm pellet (Human)	Metabolic tissue (liver) (Rat)	Testis (Rat)	Epididymis (Rat)	Sperm pellet (Rat)	Sperm pellet (Human)	Metabolic tissue (liver) (Rat)
Control	1.44±0.07^a	1.55±0.06^a	2.51±0.19^a	9.67±0.31^a	2.16±0.05^a	2.56±0.12^a	1.86±0.09^a	4.58±0.05^a	38.57±1.80^a	8.23±0.71^a
1 mg HEE- exposure group	1.32±0.02^a (8.33%↓)	1.42±0.02^a (8.38%↓)	1.42±0.09^b (43.42%↓)	8.59±0.54^a (11.16%↓)	1.98±0.06^a (8.33%↓)	2.41±0.07^a (5.85%↓)	1.82±0.09^a (2.15%↓)	3.16±0.05^b (31%↓)	37.44±1.31^a (2.92%↓)	7.63±0.51^a (7.29%↓)
2 mg HEE- exposure group	0.88±0.03^b (38.88%↓)	0.93±0.04^b (40%↓)	0.92±0.07^b (63.34%↓)	6.55±0.37^b (32.26%↓)	1.85±0.18^a (14.35%↓)	1.98±0.06^b (22.65%↓)	1.4±0.09^b (24.73%↓)	2.34±0.03^c (48.90%↓)	27±1.11^b (29.99%↓)	7.12±0.78^a (13.48%↓)
4 mg HEE- exposure group	0.82±0.02^b (43.05%↓)	0.88±0.03^b (43.22%↓)	0.85±0.07^b (66.13%↓)	5.01±0.21^c (48.19%↓)	1.88±0.11^a (12.96%↓)	1.88±0.06^b (26.56%↓)	1.33±0.08^b (30.10%↓)	2.25±0.09^c (50.87%↓)	21±0.97^c (45.55%↓)	6.98±0.96^a (15.18%↓)