Safety Assessment and Comparison of Sodium Selenite and Bioselenium Obtained from Yeast in Mice

Table 5

The experimental results of sodium selenite in sperm aberration test.

Category	Dose (mg/kg)	Number of tested animals	Sperm count	Distorted sperm count	Sperm aberration rate (%)
1/2LD50	10.59	10	10 × 1000	395	3.95 ± 0.443
1/4LD50	5.29	10	10 × 1000	404	4.04 ± 0.428
1/2LD50	2.65	10	10 × 1000	420	4.20 ± 0.561
Negative control group	Distilled water	10	10 × 1000	269	2.69 ± 0.658
Positive control group	Cyclophosphamide (40 mg/kg)	10	10 × 1000	445	4.45 ± 1.516

Note. indicates that there is a significant difference compared with the negative control group ().