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

Table 6

The experimental results of bio-Se in sperm aberration test.

Category	Dose (mg/kg)	Number of tested animals	Sperm count	Distortion sperm count	Sperm aberration rate (%)
1/2LD50	1.47	10	10 × 1000	243	2.43 ± 0.532
1/4LD50	2.95	10	10 × 1000	283	2.83 ± 0.547
1/2LD50	5.89	10	10 × 1000	252	2.52 ± 0.475
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 ± 1.158

Note. indicates that there are significant differences () with negative control group.