Table 5.

Influence of 30-min or 60-min equilibration in 0.5 or 2.0 mM AICAR on intracellular ATP level extracted from frozen-thawed epididymal cat sperm cells. Values are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 10 cats)

	Intracellular ATP level (μg/1 × 106 spermatozoa)
	Control	0.5 mM AICAR	2.0 mM AICAR
Cooled sperm
30 min	0.09 ± 0.02A,a	0.18 ± 0.03B,a	0.17 ± 0.05B,a
60 min	0.08 ± 0.03A,a	0.15 ± 0.04B,a	0.11 ± 0.03AB,a
Cryopreserved sperm
30 min	0.05 ± 0.009A,a	0.11 ± 0.03B,a	0.09 ± 0.02B,a
60 min	0.04 ± 0.01A,a	0.07 ± 0.03A,a	0.08 ± 0.04A,a

Within the same row, values with different uppercase letters between treatment groups are statistically different (P ≤ 0.05)

Within a treatment group, values with lowercase letters between incubation times are statistically different (P ≤ 0.05)