Reproductive Toxicity of Triptolide in Male House Rat, Rattus rattus

Table 4

Effect of triptolide treatment on sperm parameters in cauda epididymal fluid of male R. rattus.

Group ( each)	Conc. in bait (%)	Sperm motility (%)	Sperm viability (%)	Sperm density (millions/mL)	Sperm abnormality (%)
					Head tail separation	Other abnormalities
I	0.0	51.67 ± 7.45^a	58.33 ± 7.45^a	148.33 ± 62.23^a	10.00 ± 4.08^a	2.58 ± 0.93^a
II ()	0.1	22.00 ± 11.66^b	25.00 ± 9.49^b	84.00 ± 26.34^a	52.95 ± 18.53^b	11.42 ± 3.26^b
III	0.2	10.00 ± 6.45^c	14.50 ± 7.27^c	90.83 ± 37.12^a	46.13 ± 12.15^b	13.71 ± 4.12^b
IV	0.3	23.33 ± 10.67^b	25.83 ± 9.75^b	130.00 ± 71.82^a	53.69 ± 24.57^b	8.69 ± 5.74^b

Values are mean ± SD; = number of rats; mean values in a column not sharing a common superscript differ significantly ().