Skip to main content
. 2019 Jun 15;8(5):654–662. doi: 10.1039/c9tx00052f

Table 2. Effect of doxorubicin and ZnO NPs on the reproductive performance parameters.

Groups Sperm cell count (×106 ml–1) Sperm motility (%) Sperm viability (%) Sperm abnormalities (%) Testosterone (ng ml–1)
G1 (Control) 301.55 ± 1.32b 88.50 ± 1.06b 90.56 ± 1.32b 12.00 ± 0.04b 3.28 ± 0.43b
G2 (ZnO NPs) 425.15 ± 2.24a 95.75 ± 1.86a 96.75 ± 1.44a 10.15 ± 0.60b 5.27 ± 0.34a
G3 (Doxorubicin) 106.86 ± 1.94d 50.00 ± 2.16d 55.20 ± 2.42d 24.60 ± 0.86a 1.87 ± 0.26d
G4 (Doxorubicin + ZnO NPs) 225.00 ± 1.81c 78.33 ± 1.96c 83.11 ± 1.96c 15.95 ± 0.74ab 2.84 ± 0.64c