Table 3:
Effects of cadmium chloride, green tea on sperm quality and testes tissue on the 49th day
| Groups | CdCl2+GT | CdCl2 | GT | Control | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sperm motility% | Fast | 10±2.73 | 8.33±1.26a | 13.33±2.67 | 13.67±1.78 |
| Slow | 32.67±3.51 | 21±5.69 | 33.34±5.21 | 38.67±4.33 | |
| Non-motile | 57.33±4.04 | 68.67±2.85 | 56.33±5.01 | 47.66±3.84 | |
| Sperm morphology% | Normal | 97±0.01 | 93.33±0.33 | 97±0.03 | 97±0.01 |
| Abnormal | 3±0.01 | 6.67±2.33 | 3±0.01 | 3±0.33 | |
| Sperm counting (N/mm3) | 163.33±17.85 | 144.67±8.76a | 170.67±12.99 | 172±14.16 | |
| testosterone (ng/dl) | 4.9±1.13 | 2.46±1.85a | 3.56±1.76 | 4.66±2.06 | |
| Weight (gr) | 279.33±14.33 | 270±21.2 | 300.67±13.28 | 283.5±19.5 | |
| Histological change | |||||
| Diameter of seminiferous tubule (μ) | 303.11±12.88 | 265.33±9.97a | 337.5±15.97 | 359.6±10.73 | |
| Germinal layer thickness (μ) | 89.42±6.48 | 60.17±4.97a | 94.06±7.19 | 113.13±8.52 | |
| Number of spermatogonia (mm2) | 1393.83±29.52 | 1178.62±16.63a | 1403.36±23.13 | 1421.42±14.36 | |
| Number of leydig cells (mm2) | 650.51±13.32 | 507.57±10.17a | 663.61±17.31 | 686.65±14.4 | |
| Number of sertoli cells (mm2) | 123.43±7.27 | 109.56±5.28a | 134.29±6.26 | 137.45±7.6 | |
Sperm quality and histological change were not significant in the control group compared to CdCl2 GT and GT plus CdCl2. Results are represented as Mean±SEM. Statistical significance is indicated; a-b Mean in the same column carrying different superscript letters are significantly different (p<0.05). Data for each time point was repeated for n= 6 times.