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Table 2 Effect of DAS-77 on sperm motility, count and morphology (% abnormality)

From: A 90 day chronic toxicity study of Nigerian herbal preparation DAS-77 in rats

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Main study

Reversibility study

Treatment

Dose (mg/kg)

Sperm motility (%)

Sperm count (million/ml)

Abnormality (%)

Sperm motility (%)

Sperm counted (million/ml)

Abnormality (%)

Distilled water

(10 ml/kg)

85.00ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.00

31.14ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.50

5.14ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.10

81.60ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.17

25.80ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.28

7.20ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.72

DAS-77

80

73.43ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.61

25.57ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.07

8.86ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.42

72.33ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9.30

24.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.53

8.33ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.01

DAS-77

400

87.29ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.05

33.00ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.52

4.14ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.44

70.80ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9.07

23.00ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.54

7.40ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.50

DAS-77

2000

42.71ā€‰Ā±ā€‰10.33*

14.71ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.00**

12.43ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.26*

74.25ā€‰Ā±ā€‰13.56

25.50ā€‰Ā±ā€‰5.52

5.50ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.71

  1. Values are meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰S.E.M (nā€‰=ā€‰7, main study; nā€‰=ā€‰5, reversibility study). * pā€‰<ā€‰0.05, ** pā€‰<ā€‰0.01 vs. distilled water (One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnettā€™s posttest).