Table 6. Number and mean percentage of different types of sperm shape abnormalities in rat sperms in different experimental groups.
| Groups | No. of scored sperms | Abnormal sperms |
No. and percentage (%) of different types of abnormal sperms |
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| No. | Percentage (%) | Amorphous | straight | Banana shape | Without hook | Coiled tail | Double head | ||
| Normal control | 5 040 | 151 | 2.92±0.13 | 32 (0.63) | 72 (1.43) | 26 (0.52) | 21 (0.42) | - | - |
| Cisplatin control | 5 143 | 375 | 7.29±0.21b | 63 (1.22) | 142 (2.76) | 86 (1.67) | 53 (1.03) | 23 (0.45) | 8 (0.16) |
| Avocado extract | 5 118 | 212 | 4.15±0.13c | 42 (0.82) | 82 (1.60) | 40 (0.78) | 23 (0.45) | 21 (0.41) | 49 (0.08) |
| E. sativa extract | 5 089 | 239 | 4.70±0.27c | 33 (0.65) | 88 (1.73) | 59 (1.16) | 44 (0.86) | 13 (0.26) | 2 (0.04) |
| Flaxseed extract | 5 044 | 194 | 3.85±0.23c | 33 (0.65) | 69 (1.37) | 53 (1.05) | 34 (0.67) | 3 (0.06) | 2 (0.04) |
| Walnut extract | 5 070 | 255 | 5.03±0.21ac | 41 (0.81) | 102 (2.01) | 58 (1.14) | 46 (0.91) | 2 (0.04) | 6 (0.12) |
All groups were compared with normal control. a: significant at 0.05 level, b: significant at 0.01 level. When test groups were compared with cisplatin control, c: significant at P<0.001.