A Standardized Extract of Ginkgo biloba Neutralizes Cisplatin-Mediated Reproductive Toxicity in Rats

Table 1

The effect of the GB extracts on testicular epididymal weights and on epididymal sperm count, motility, and abnormality in CIS-treated rats.

Parameters	N	GB	CIS	CIS+L	CIS+M	CIS+H
Testes weight (gm)	3.51±0.06	3.59±0.11	2.99±0.12^∗	3.49±0.08^#	3.52±0.18^#	3.65±0.13^###
Epididymis weight (gm)	1.64±0.06	1.53±0.06	1.30±0.04^∗∗	1.38±0.05^∗∗	1.46±0.08	1.44±0.05
Sperm (count.10^6)/gm of cauda	131.0±7.73	134.9±11.64	83.94±8.03^∗	94.50±20.25	94.67±7.77	118.78±8.78
Sperm motility (%)	79.125±3.34	68.12±2.64	28.125±1.52^∗∗∗	54.0±5.59^∗∗∗###	49.0±3.83^∗∗∗###	50.0±4.2^∗∗∗###

^∗𝑃<0.05 versus control, ^#𝑃<0.05 versus CIS, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01 versus control, ^###𝑃<0.001 versus CIS, ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001 versus control.