Table 2.

Protective effects of VitE and T on ATZ-induced degeneration on sperm parameters

Parameter	Control-sham	ATZ	ATZ+VitE	ATZ+T	ATZ+VitE+T
DS-DNA (%)	93.75 ± 2.69a	54.00 ± 4.08b	62.12 ± 2.16c	68.50 ± 1.73d	81.25 ± 4.85e
PSS-DNA (%)	1.50 ± 1.29a	31.25 ± 2.21b	21.00 ± 2.94c	19.50 ± 1.28c	14.87 ± 1.57d
SS-DNA (%)	0.50 ± 0.57a	21.00 ± 1.12b	17.50 ± 1.29c	16.35 ± 2.17c	10.00 ± 0.81d
ChC (%)	84.50 ± 3.10a	52.75 ± 4.42b	62.74 ± 2.21c	68.75 ± 2.98d	76.73 ± 2.50e
Sperm count (×106)	62.25 ± 2.63a	37.00 ± 2.44b	47.50 ± 3.31c	51.25 ± 2.21c	57.75 ± 1.70d
Viability (%)	90.00 ± 2.94a	58.01 ± 3.55b	68.75 ± 3.77c	66.50 ± 3.00c	88.00 ± 3.26d

All data are presented in mean ± SD and %.

^a vs. ^b; Significant at P<0.05, ^{c, d} and ^e vs. ^b; Significant at P<0.05, ATZ; Atrazine, VitE; Vitamin E, T; Testosterone, DS-DNA; Double strand DNA, PSS-DNA; Partly single stranded DNA, SS-DNA; Single strand DNA, and ChC; Chromatin condensation.