Research Article
Red Palm Oil Attenuates Lead Acetate Induced Testicular Damage in Adult Male Sprague-Dawley Rats
Table 1
The Mean ± SEM of body weights of the rats and % body weight difference of the groups and seminal fluid analyses parameters.
| | | Group I | Group II | Group III | Group IV |
| | Body weight (g) | | | | | | Initial weight | 204.38 ± 5.74 | 121.80 ± 8.14 | 151.70 ± 3.82 | 118.90 ± 7.07 | | Final weight | 210.50 ± 5.46 | 103.20 ± 7.55 | 134.94 ± 4.08 | 138.70 ± 6.78 | | Weight difference (%) | +6.12 (2.99) | −18.60 (15.2) | −16.76 (11.05) | +19.80 (14.28) | | Sperm count (×106) | 78.00 ± 7.8 | 15.70 ± 7.4 | 32.30 ± 3.3 | 34.90 ± 4.2 | | Motility grading (%) | | | | | | Rapid progressive | 84.0 ± 1.0 | 26.0 ± 7.75 | 64.0 ± 5.10 | 66.0 ± 6.78 | | Slow progressive | 8.0 ± 2.0 | 12.0 ± 2.0 | 16.0 ± 4.0 | 22.0 ± 3.7 | | Nonprogressive | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 27.0 ± 5.8 | 11.0 ± 3.8 | 7.0 ± 1.2 | | Dead | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 32.0 ± 3.2 | 7.0 ± 5.8 | 5.0 ± 0.0 | | Morphology assessment (%) | | | | | | Normal | 79.0 ± 2.92 | 40.0 ± 7.07 | 46.0 ± 2.45 | 52.0 ± 3.74 | | Head defect | 10.0 ± 2.24 | 42.0 ± 2.00 | 40.0 ± 3.16 | 38.0 ± 3.73 | | Tail defect | 6.0 ± 1.00 | 7.0 ± 1.23 | 6.0 ± 1.00 | 5.0 ± 0.0 | | Middle piece defect | 5.0 ± 1.0 | 11.0 ± 5.15 | 6.0 ± 0.0 | 5.0 ± 1.0 |
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Values with the same superscripts on the same row are statistically significant at value <0.05 ().
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