Phenolic Profiling and Evaluation of Contraceptive Effect of the Ethanolic Extract of Salsola imbricata Forssk. in Male Albino Rats

Table 4

Effect of prolonged oral administration of the ethanolic extract of Salsola imbricata on the cauda epididymal sperms characteristics on male rats.

Groups	Sperm counts (million/mm^3)	Sperm motility (%)	Sperm abnormalities
Group I	50.7 ± 3.4	72.3 ± 5.1	6.4 ± 0.4
Group II	30.1 ± 2.9^*	59.7 ± 2.4	17.6 ± 3.7^*
Group III	25.8 ± 5.5^*	48.4 ± 1.9^*	30.1 ± 4.1^*

; group I: control; group II received the extract at dose of 250 mg/kg b. wt.; group III received the extract at dose of 500 mg/kg b. wt.