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. 2018 Aug 6;8:11769. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30066-9

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Lipid Peroxidation in human, bovine and ascidian spermatozoa exposed to metabolic enhancers. Lipid peroxidation in human (A), bovine (B) and ascidian (C) sperm divided in three groups treated with: (1) five metabolic enhancers (vitamins B6 and B12, 5 methyl THF, zinc and N-acetyl cysteine) (TRT group); (2) n-acetyl-cysteine (NAC group); and (3) medium alone (CNTRL group). Mean (± SE) values of lipid peroxidation in spermatozoa loaded with C11-BODIPY581/591, arranged in TRT, NAC and CNTRL groups and then incubated for 0, 90 and 180 min. Lipid peroxidation was calculated by relating the emission peak (Fo) at ~520 nm to the sum of the fluorescence emission peaks at ~520 and ~590 nm, i.e., ((Fo~520/ (Fo~520 + Fo~590)) * 100.