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. 2013 Feb 28;10(3):830–844. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10030830

Table 1.

Effect B. papyrifera and B. carterii smoke exposure on various sperm parameters and fructose content in cauda epididymal and seminal plasma of albino rats.

Group Sperm parameters Plasma fructose (mg/100 mL)
Total number of sperm (Total No. × 104/mL) Total number of motile sperm (Total No. × 104/mL) Velocity (µm/s) Abnormal (%) Cauda Epididymis Seminal Vesicle
I 67.49 ± 1.29 55.39 ± 2.17 121.56 ± 1.70 11.80 ± 1.21 80.72 ± 2.13 110.58 ± 1.63
Control
II 37.23 ± 1.31 *** 33.10 ± 1.16 *** 65.48 ± 1.51 *** 55.63 ± 1.47 *** 39.15 ± 1.91 *** 47.59 ± 1.37 ***
B. papyrifera
III 31.47 ± 1.11 *** 27.70 ± 1.31 *** 61.86 ± 1.29 *** 59.58 ± 0.34 *** 29.64 ± 0.32 *** 43.71 ± 1.67 ***
B. carterii

*** p < 0.001.