Melatonin Alleviated Potassium Dichromate-Induced Oxidative Stress and Reprotoxicity in Male Rats

Table 5

Protective effect of melatonin on K dichromate-induced alteration of sperm characteristics.

Group	Control	PDC	PDC		Melatonin 5 mg/kg
Sperm parameter			+2.5 mg/kg melatonin	+5 mg/kg melatonin
Sperm motility (%)				^@M
Sperm count per epididymis (×10^6)			^@	^@M
Sperm abnormality (%)
Head			^@	^@M
Tail			^@	^@M
Total			^@	^@M

Each value is the , . Significant difference from the control, . ^@Significant difference from the PDC group, . M Significant difference from the PDC+melatonin 2.5 mg/kg group, .