Research Article

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

Table 2

Sperm parameter with TS.

GroupsVAP (μm/s)VSL (μm/s)VCL (μm/s)ALH (μm/s)
Mean±SDMean±SD-testMean±SDMean±SD

Normal63.23 4.2245.883.18 110.107.68 7.450.35
Control44.06 5.09 0.01 30.042.98 0.003 77.5211.19 0.011 4.760.73 0.002
CP/TS 100 mg/kg54.99 3.24 0.014 39.893.00 0.01 91.825.05 0.1 5.920.83 0.1
CP/TS 500 mg/kg51.61 2.98 0.03 35.731.68 0.02 90.095.50 0.03 6.810.50 0.0011
CP/TS 1000 mg/kg54.93 4.01 0.001 38.973.42 0.0003 93.276.64 0.01 6.520.24 0.01

Normal: vehicle-treated group. Control: cyclophosphamide (CP) (100 mg/kg, i.p., 5 weeks) treated group. CP/TS: cyclophosphamide (100 mg/kg, i.p., 5 weeks), and Trigonellae Semen (100, 500, and 1000 mg/kg/day, p.o., 5 weeks) treated group.
VAP, average path velocity (μm/s); VSL, straight line velocity (μm/s); VCL, curvilinear velocity (μm/s); ALH, amplitude of lateral head displacement (μm/s).