Antioxidant Potential of Spirulina platensis Mitigates Oxidative Stress and Reprotoxicity Induced by Sodium Arsenite in Male Rats

Table 3

Effect of S. platensis on sperm morphological parameters in experimental arsenic exposed rats.

Parameter	Treatment
	Control	Arsenic	S. platensis + arsenic	S. platensis
Sperm motility (%)	83.56 ± 1.18	72.29 ± 2.00	84.56 ± 0.67	90.42 ± 2.10
Sperm count per epididymis (million/epididymis)	17.47 ± 1.06	7.09 ± 0.41	12.68 ± 0.85	25.5 ± 1.15
Abnormal sperm rate (%)
Head	2.16 ± 0.13	8.92 ± 0.56	4.94 ± 0.19	1.90 ± 0.07
Tail	1.83 ± 0.11	2.88 ± 0.14	2.14 ± 0.18	2.11 ± 0.12
Total	3.99 ± 0.14	11.34 ± 0.51	6.92 ± 0.32	4.00 ± 0.16

All numbers are mean + standard error, .
Significantly different from control value, , .
Significantly different from arsenic group value, .