Research Article

Trigonellae Semen Enhances Sperm Motility and the Expression of the Cation Sperm Channel Proteins in Mouse Testes

Table 1

Body and testicular weights following TS treatment.

GroupBody weight (g)Absolute testes
weight (g)
Relative testes
weight (%)

Normal25.58 ± 2.810.094 ± 0.0040.37 ± 0.039
Control20.93 ± 0.950.031 ± 0.0020.15 ± 0.004
CP + TS 10022.03 ± 1.350.039 ± 0.0030.17 ± 0.008
CP + TS 50023.20 ± 3.230.045 ± 0.0060.19 ± 0.002
CP + TS 100022.90 ± 1.440.046 ± 0.0050.20 ± 0.012

Normal: vehicle-treated group.
Control: cyclophosphamide-only treated group (100 mg/kg, i.p., 5 weeks).
CP + TS: CP (100 mg/kg, i.p., 5 weeks) and TS (100, 500, and 1000 mg/kg/day, p.o., 5 weeks) treated group.
Values are the means ± SD ().
indicates that the mean is significantly different from the normal value (, ).
# indicates that the mean is significantly different from the control value (, , and ).