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Table 3.

Effect of plasma exposure at different potentials on ROS and antioxidant enzyme in chicken spermatozoa.

Exposure potential (kV)	ROS (nmole DCF/10⁹spz)	MDA (nmole/10⁹spz)	SOD (U/10⁹spz)	CAT (U/10⁹spz)	GPx (mU/10⁹spz)
0	6.47 ± 0.18	3.04 ± 0.18	42.53 ± 0.91	2.16 ± 0.11	4.34 ± 0.10
11.7	5.79 ± 0.18^*	2.04 ± 0.17^**	72.64 ± 3.17^**	3.45 ± 0.23^**	6.15 ± 0.31^**
16.4	6.96 ± 0.22	3.12 ± 0.16	41.15 ± 1.79	1.99 ± 0.07	4.27 ± 0.19
22.0	10.89 ± 0.13^**	3.65 ± 0.33^*	36.48 ± 2.31^*	1.74 ± 0.15^*	4.04 ± 0.08
27.6	14.37 ± 1.52^**	4.16 ± 0.09^**	30.27 ± 1.55^**	1.54 ± 0.16^**	3.10 ± 0.24^**

Plasma exposure time was 20 s. Values are expressed as the mean ± standard error (n = 10) of three replicates; n represents an individual cock. Within a column: ^*p < 0.05 versus control; ^**p < 0.01 versus control, according to one-way ANOVA and LSD test.