Biomedical Applications of Fermenticin HV6b Isolated from Lactobacillus fermentum HV6b MTCC10770

Table 1

Dose-dependent inhibition of sperm motility by fermenticin HV6b.

S. no.	Concentration of bacteriocin (𝜇g/mL)	Mobile spermatozoa after 30 sec of exposure	Mobile spermatozoa after 60 sec of exposure	Motility grade after 1 min of exposure	Motility grade after 10 min of exposure
1	0	49±1	45±1	Grade a	Grade a
2	50	46±1	39±2	Grade a	Grade b
3	100	44±2	37±1	Grade a	Grade b
4	150	43±1	33±2	Grade b	Grade b
5	200	42±1	30±1	Grade b	Grade c
7	250	40±3	29±3	Grade c	Grade c
8	300	38±1	28±2	Grade c	Grade d
9	350	35±2	25±2	Grade d	Grade d
10	400	28±2	10±1	Grade d	Grade d
11	500	20±3	0±1	Grade d	Grade d

Each data is mean ± standard deviation; 𝑃 value < 0.05; 𝐹 crit (4.4138) < 𝐹 value (14.5832).