Table 6.

Effects of oral administration of Plukenetia conophora and4H-Pyran-4-One 2,3-Dihydro-3,5-Dihydroxy-6-Methylon the epididymal semen of male Wistar rats treated with a single IP dose of 2 mg/kg of cadmium chloride.

Group	Count (106cell/ml)	Motility (%)	Viability (%)	Morphology (%)
Control	91.6±4.31	80.0±4.47	93.60±1.57	7.6±1.12
Cadmium chloride	24.2±9.70+	14.4±3.08+	8.60±1.02+	10.8±1.53
Cd+Vit E	45.6±4.31*	41.60±13.60*	23.60±2.93*	6.2±1.36*
Cd+100 mg/kg PC	44.0±4.06*	30.0±4.47*	20.0±1.70*	5.8±1.36*
Cd+200mg/kg PC	61.0±7.57*	34.0±7.48*	26.0±1.87*	7.8±1.20
Cd+25 mg/kg DDMP	67.0±5.04*	32.6±3.60*	26.6±2.06*	5.6±0.36*
Cd+50 mg/kg DDMP	85.0±5.90**	68.4±9.80**	84.6±5.44**	6.8±1.10

Values are represented in mean values±SEM, n=6

⁺p<0.05 when compared with controls,

^*p<0.05 when compared with the group given cadmium chloride alone

^**p<0.01 when compared with the group given cadmium chloride alone

PC – Plukenetia conophora, D

DMP - 4H-Pyran-4-One 2,3-Dihydro-3,5-Dihydroxy-6-Methyl