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. 2013 Mar 7;12:30. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-12-30

Table 2.

Effect of different treatments on cell’s density, viability, motility and morphology in control group (C) and mice treated with deltamethrin (DL), essential oil of P. graveolens (EO) and Vitamin E (Vit E) or their combination

  Control DL DL + EO DL + Vit E EO Vit E
Spermatozoa count Per epididymis (×106)
5.90 ± 0.55
1.96 ± 0.25***
5.09 ± 0.35*###
5.11 ± 0.31*###
5.77 ± 0.62###
5.76 ± 0.71###
Sperm parameters
Motility (%)
78.44 ± 5.85
39.33 ± 6.82***
76.11 ± 10.01###
66.11 ± 18.6###
75.00 ± 8.87###
88.67 ± 2.74###
Viability (%)
89.33 ± 3.97
72.11 ± 3.14***
83.22 ± 1.92*###
83.00 ± 4.61*###
85.89 ± 6.13###
89.00 ± 4.27###
Morphology (%) 7.00 ± 1.58 22.00 ± 3.94*** 15.53 ± 3.59**# 16.88 ± 7.12**# 6.25 ± 3.28### 7.88 ± 3.00###

Data are presented as mean ± SD. All groups vs. control group: * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001. All groups vs. DL group: # P < 0.05; ## P < 0.01; ### P <0.001.