Table 7. Effect of supplementation of silver nanoparticles on sperm livability, acrosome integrity and antioxidant parameters of semen.
| Parameter | Control |
Group 1
(125 µg/ml) |
Group 2
(250 µg/ml) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livability (%) | Before Freezing | 71.58 ± 1.16 | 71.27 ± 1.98 | 71.11 ± 1.66 | 0.823 |
| After Freezing | 58.83 ± 2.70 | 61.50 ± 2.04 | 59.33 ± 2.05 | 0.751 | |
| Acrosome Integrity(%) | Before Freezing | 97.75 ± 0.46 | 98.5 ± 0.53 | 97.87 ± 0.64 | 0 .08 |
| After Freezing | 62.83b ± 1.35 | 71.50a ± 1.47 | 64.00b ± 1.87 | 0.005 | |
| Lipid peroxidation (nmol MDA/g) | After Freezing | 609.78±77.71 | 534.27 ±108.04 | 473.42 ± 67.67 | 0.591 |
| Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) (%) | After Freezing | 3.82b± 0.92 | 2.02c± 0022 | 9.68a ± 0.93 | 0.00001 |