Table 1.

Effect of biotin and pentoxifylline on the sperm motility pattern at various time intervals after processing by swim-up technique

Sample	Time in hours	Sample size (n)	Total motility (%)			Progressive motility (%)
			Control	Biotin	Pentoxifylline	Control	Biotin	Pentoxifylline
Normozoospermic	1	171	87.88 ± 0.74	90.11 ± 0.66 a	90.65 ± 0.60 b	72.55 ± 1.20	77.46 ± 1.04 b	78.74 ± 0.94 c
	4	171	85.72 ± 0.92	87.64 ± 0.75	88.17 ± 0.76	71.67 ± 1.20	74.99 ± 1.03	74.76 ± 1.11
	24	165	69.42 ± 1.70	73.20 ± 1.48	67.62 ± 1.91	51.29 ± 1.82	56.25 ± 1.80	49.61 ± 2.00 d
	48	105	49.30 ± 2.57	53.26 ± 2.42	40.23 ± 2.63 a,e	32.19 ± 2.40	37.08 ± 2.43	25.44 ± 2.34 e
	72	43	42.16 ± 3.64	43.95 ± 3.60	31.84 ± 3.50 d	24.84 ± 3.01	27.79 ± 3.34	15.65 ± 2.68 d
Asthenozoospermic	1	67	71.56 ± 3.04	77.84 ± 2.40	79.29 ± 2.37	53.13 ± 2.96	63.90 ± 2.47 a	63.78 ± 2.50 a
	4	67	67.58 ± 3.17	75.03 ± 2.44	73.05 ± 2.87	48.20 ± 3.07	59.90 ± 2.51 a	55.60 ± 2.91
	24	67	47.52 ± 3.88	54.52 ± 3.31	43.50 ± 3.68	31.11 ± 3.63	35.82 ± 3.26	25.64 ± 3.30

^aP < 0.05

^bP < 0.01

^cP < 0.001 vs control

^dP < 0.05

^eP < 0.01 vs biotin