Cytotoxic Effects of Benzene Metabolites on Human Sperm Function: An In Vitro Study

Table 3

Table shows percent green/red fluorescing spermatozoa in normal and treated semen samples.

	Intact DS DNA (% green fluorescing)	Denatured SS DNA (% red fluorescing)	Effective DNA (%)
Normal	86.5 ± 9.2	14.5 ± 3.3	73.5
Phenol-hydroquinone treated (30 𝜇l)	47.6 ± 5.8**	63.3 ± 7.5**	40.5**
Catechol treated (30 𝜇l)	55.3 ± 8.4**	44.7 ± 6.1**	47**

Values are mean ± SE; ^∗∗𝑃<0.001.
Effective sperm count = spermdensity×%greenfluorescingspermatozoa/100.