Table 1.
Motility parameters of post-thawed human spermatozoa supplemented with different concentrations of fennel and purslane hydroalcoholic extracts
| Group | Control | Purslane |
Fennel |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 mg/L | 50 mg/L | 100 mg/L | 5 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 15 mg/L | ||
| Motility (%) | 60.14±1.59c),d) | 67.43±1.99a),b) | 71.13±1.42a) | 57.40±2.48d) | 64.95±1.59b),c) | 66.75±1.90a),b) | 58.92±1.50d) |
| Progressive motility (%) | 31.73±1.40b),c) | 35.89±1.43a),b) | 37.30±1.15a) | 30.30±1.65c) | 33.87±1.12a),b),c) | 35.36±1.29a),b) | 29.93±1.30c) |
| VCL (µm/sec) | 48.90±0.80 | 51.35±0.72 | 52.62±0.98 | 48.19±0.81 | 50.13±0.79 | 50.46±0.85 | 47.99±0.81 |
| VSL (µm/sec) | 27.25±0.55 | 28.31±0.55 | 28.88±0.56 | 26.23±0.51 | 28.10±0.71 | 27.78±0.52 | 27.06±0.62 |
| VAP (µm/sec) | 33.68±0.66 | 34.52±0.81 | 35.95±0.64 | 32.44±0.62 | 34.41±0.66 | 34.37±0.61 | 32.62±0.75 |
| LIN (%) | 55.60±0.67 | 54.83±0.62 | 55.20±0.61 | 54.31±0.69 | 55.63±0.66 | 55.32±0.67 | 56.23±0.61 |
| STR (%) | 82.30±0.37 | 82.05±0.34 | 81.75±0.50 | 82.03±0.39 | 82.36±0.45 | 82.25±0.45 | 83.31±0.45 |
| WOB (%) | 69.81±0.66 | 69.06±0.66 | 69.77±0.56 | 68.35±0.68 | 69.33±0.65 | 69.51±0.71 | 69.74±0.59 |
| ALH (%) | 6.45±0.05 | 6.55±0.05 | 6.61±0.06 | 6.50±0.05 | 6.46±0.07 | 6.52±0.05 | 6.41±0.05 |
| BCF (%) | 9.84±0.08 | 9.82±0.08 | 9.86±0.06 | 9.96±0.07 | 9.95±0.04 | 9.85±0.04 | 9.75±0.04 |
Values are presented as mean±standard error.
VCL, curvilinear velocity; VSL, straight-line velocity; VAP, average path velocity; LIN, linearity; STR, straightness; WOB, wobble; ALH, amplitude lateral head displacement; BCF, beat cross frequency.
a),b),c),d)
Means with different letters in the same row demonstrate significant differences (p<0.05).