Evaluation of Male Fertility-Enhancing Activities of Water Seed Extract of Hunteria umbellata in Wistar Rats

Table 3

Effect of repeated daily oral treatments with 100-400 mg/kg/day of Hunteriaumbellata aqueous seed extract on semen parameters of treated rats.

Groups	Total sperm/g cauda epi (x10^7)	%motile sperm	%dead sperm	%abnormal sperms
I	29.58 ± 0.55	77.03 ± 0.56	22.97 ± 0.56	08.97 ± 0.41
II	50.85 ± 1.01	87.23 ± 1.4	12.77 ± 1.4	14.03 ± 0.8
III	31.68 ± 0.55	78.55 ± 0.40	21.45 ± 0.40	19.12 ± 0.1
IV	37.93 ± 0.7	79.27 ± 0.62	20.73 ± 0.62	12.17 ± 0.6
V	47.38 ± 0.8	87.17 ± 1.3	16.83 ± 1.3	07.67 ± 0.9
VI	31.70 ± 1.03	78.22 ± 0.38	21.78 ± 0.38	10.86 ± 0.4

and represent significant increases at p<0.05, p<0.01, and p<0.001, respectively, when compared to Group I values, while and represent significant decreases at p<0.05 and p<0.001, respectively, when compared to Group I values.
I = 10 ml/kg/day of distilled water.
II = 0.3 mg/kg/day of clomiphene dissolved in distilled water.
III = 100 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract dissolved in distilled water.
IV = 200 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract dissolved in distilled water.
V = 400 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract dissolved in distilled water.
VI = 20 mg/kg/day of Vitamin C dissolved in distilled water.