Table 2.

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

		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)	85.00 ± 6.00	31.14 ± 2.50	5.14 ± 1.10	81.60 ± 7.17	25.80 ± 4.28	7.20 ± 1.72
DAS-77	80	73.43 ± 12.61	25.57 ± 4.07	8.86 ± 2.42	72.33 ± 9.30	24.67 ± 3.53	8.33 ± 2.01
DAS-77	400	87.29 ± 12.05	33.00 ± 3.52	4.14 ± 1.44	70.80 ± 9.07	23.00 ± 2.54	7.40 ± 1.50
DAS-77	2000	42.71 ± 10.33*	14.71 ± 3.00**	12.43 ± 2.26*	74.25 ± 13.56	25.50 ± 5.52	5.50 ± 1.71

Values are mean ± S.E.M (n = 7, main study; n = 5, reversibility study). ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01 vs. distilled water (One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s posttest).