Protective Effect of Nano-Vitamin C on Infertility due to Oxidative Stress Induced by Lead and Arsenic in Male Rats

Table 3

Effect of NVC on sperm parameters of As- and Pb-exposed rats.

Groups	Sperm concentration (×10^6/ml)	% vitality	% dead sperm	% motility	% DNA fragmentation
C	345.47 ± 6.217	85.00 ± 0.925	15.00 ± 0.925	63.14 ± 1.223	55.14 ± 0.508
As	234.42 ± 22.229 a	44.57 ± 0.611 a	55.42 ± 0.611 a	30.71 ± 0.420 a	75.13 ± 0.594 a
Pb	214.57 ± 2.827 a	44.28 ± 0.993 a	55.43 ± 1.020 a	30.00 ± 0.654 a	69.00 ± 2.370 a, b
NVC	337.57 ± 20.496 b, c	81.42 ± 6.105 b , c	18.57 ± 6.105 c b	69.28 ± 6.398 b, c	44.42 ± 0.895 a, b, c
As + NVC	287.85 ± 15.615 c	54.14 ± 0.857 a, d	45.85 ± 0.857 a, d	43.14 ± 0.769 a, b, c, d	55.28 ± 0.565 b, c, d
Pb + NVC	278.42 ± 3.198 a, c	54.87 ± 0.828 a, d	44.28 ± 0.778 a, b, c, d	44.85 ± 0.508 a, b, c, d	56.00 ± 0.975 b, c, d

; ; . a, b, c, and d are compared with C, As, Pb, and NVC groups, respectively.