Research Article

Ginkgo Biloba Ameliorates Subfertility Induced by Testicular Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Adult Wistar Rats: A Possible New Mitochondrial Mechanism

Table 2

Changes in oxidative stress marker mitochondrial NAD+ and inflammatory and apoptotic markers in the different studied groups.

Control group
(10)
Ginkgo biloba supplemented group
(10)
I/R
group
(10)
Ischemia only group
(10)
Ginkgo biloba treated I/R group
(10)

Mitochondrial NAD+ (nmol/mg tissue protein)6.5 ± 1.097.81 ± 1.5716.83 ± 1.5311.29 ± 0.928.67 ± 1.58
NS<0.001<0.05NS
<0.01<0.001

Plasma TNF-α (ng/ml)
NS<0.001NSNS
<0.001<0.001

Plasma IL-1β (pg/ml)
NS<0.01NSNS
<0.02<0.002

: significance by LSD at from control group.
: significance by LSD at from I/R group.
NS: not significant.