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. 2019 Apr 14;2019:8939854. doi: 10.1155/2019/8939854

Table 4.

Effects of I. batatas on sperm characteristics.

Sample % Motility % Viability Dead/demorphed cells (%) Sperm count
(×106/ml)
Control 76.2±2.5c 82.5±2.3b 5.02±0.04ab 83.13±1.78ab
Vehicle (10% DMSO) 75.7±1.2c 81.8±2.8b 6.14±0.07b 82.65±2.45b
Sildenafil (10 mg/kg) 80.4±3.5ab 86.3±2.2a 6.44±0.12b 84.92±2.82ab
BPA (50 mg/kg) 37.7±4.4g 47.6±2.9f 33.9±0.06g 48.23±4.09g
IPT- EA (300 mg/kg) 80.1±3.8ab 84.1±1.8ab 4.39±0.04ab 85.13±1.78ab
IPT-M (300 mg/kg) 79.4±1.4b 82.3±2.4b 5.31±0.11ab 83.29±3.11ab
IPA-EA (300 mg/kg) 82.8±1.1a 87.5±1.9a 3.99±0.26a 87.31±1.26a
IPA-M (300 mg/kg) 76.5±2.3c 79.7±2.2bc 5.2±0.18ab 84.22±3.14ab
BPA+IPT-EA (300 mg/kg) 71.1±1.5d 74.2±1.6c 11.8±0.08d 74.43±4.85d
BPA+IPT-EA (150 mg/kg) 66.5±3.3e 69.5±1.9d 14.2±0.12de 68.12±2.78e
BPA+IPT-M (300 mg/kg) 67.9±1.1e 71.3±1.1cd 15.4±0.11e 72.71±2.91de
BPA+IPT-M (150 mg/kg) 61.2±3.5f 66.3±2.2e 19.8±0.18f 66.43±4.15ef
BPA+IPA-EA (300 mg/kg) 74.2±1.7cd 78.6±1.3bc 8.37±0.05c 77.28±3.53c
BPA+IPA-EA (150 mg/kg) 67.1±2.5e 72.2±1.7cd 12.3±0.10d 72.43±2.40de
BPA+IPA-M (300 mg/kg) 69.4±2.4de 74.9±2.2c 13.3±0.09de 72.98±3.47de
BPA+IPA-M (150 mg/kg) 62.7±1.9f 68.5±1.5de 17.8±0.15ef 65.13±2.05f

Mean±SD (n=7), means with different superscript letters (a-g) in a column specify significant difference at P < 0.05. IPA, I. batatas aerial and IPT, I. batatas tuber extract.