Evaluation of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Cardiospermum halicacabum (L.) on Fertility of Male Rats

Table 3

Sperm motility in caput and cauda regions after 30 days treatment with 200 mg/kg (group A), 100 mg/kg (group B) aqueous extraction of Cardiospermum halicacabum leaves, and the distilled water (group C).

	Immotile sperm (%)	Twitching sperm (%)	Motile sperm (%)
Caput region
Group A	40.25 ± 2.74	14.62 ± 3.26	38.60 ± 5.03
Group B	44.47 ± 5.38	15.89 ± 2.05	28.99 ± 3.26
Group C (control)	46.93 ± 1.29	24.57 ± 0.60	18.44 ± 1.26
Cauda region
Group A	52.94 ± 3.16	8.75 ± 0.98	188.15 ± 3.39
Group B	51.23 ± 4.30	10.12 ± 0.51	157.58 ± 4.41
Group C	51.30 ± 1.6	10.79 ± 0.81	106.79 ± 2.26

Data are expressed as mean ± S.E. , .