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Table 3.

Sperm progressive motility, sperm viability and testosterone level in L-NAME induced hypertensive rats treated with dietary supplementation with red and white ginger.

Treatment groups	Sperm motility (%)	Sperm viability (%)	Testosterone (ng/dl)
Control	70.0 ± 6.3^a	82.3 ± 18.2^a	103.7 ± 10.4^a
L-NAME	43.3 ± 8.2^b	65.3 ± 2.9^a	34.8 ± 6.2^b
L-NAME + AT	60.0 ± 16.2^a	75.0 ± 16.6^a	123.1 ± 6.1^a
RG Normal	56.7 ± 8.6^a	75.0 ± 16.7^a	232.9 ± 13.0^c
RG + L-NAME	60.0 ± 11.9^a	66.7 ± 16.7^a	73.8 ± 5.4^a
WG Normal	56.7 ± 11.7^a	75.0 ± 16.7^a	135.4 ± 6.7^a
WG + L-NAME	57.5 ± 4.3^a	80.0 ± 16.7^a	126.8 ± 9.2^a

The results are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 10). Values with the same superscript letter on the same column are not significantly different (p < 0.05).

Control: Normotensive control rats placed on basal diet; Induced: Hypertensive rats placed on basal diet; L-NAME + AT: Hypertensive rats placed on basal diet + atenolol (10 mg/kg/day); RG Control: Normotensive rats placed on basal diet supplemented with 4% turmeric; RG + L-NAME: Hypertensive rats placed on basal diet supplemented with 4% turmeric; WG Control: Normotensive rats placed on basal diet supplemented with 4% ginger; WG + L-NAME: Hypertensive rats placed on basal diet supplemented with 4% ginger.