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. 2019 Nov 27;24(23):4329. doi: 10.3390/molecules24234329

Table 2.

The effect of selected antibiotics and bioactive molecules on the spermatozoa motility (MOT) during induced bacteriospermia.

MOT [%] 0 h 2 h 4 h 6 h
NC 70.00 ± 5.39 62.00 ± 5.44 53.67 ± 4.04 42.67 ± 5.65
PC 68.00 ± 4.70 32.67 ± 3.18 *NC 9.00 ± 3.51 **NC 0.33 ± 0.03 ***NC
PEN 69.00 ± 5.10 53.00 ± 4.20 *PC 36.67 ± 6.67 *PC 28.67 ± 2.39 **PC
GEN 70.33 ± 2.80 58.00 ± 4.70 *PC 50.00 ± 5.90 **PC 34.00 ± 4.26 ***PC
KAN 69.33 ± 6.84 45.67 ± 6.33 *NC 29.67 ± 5.20 *NC, *PC 20.00 ± 1.15 *NC, *PC
RES 68.00 ± 5.39 41.67 ± 3.83 *NC 26.33 ± 6.19 *NC, *PC 15.67 ± 0.67 **NC, *PC
QUE 69.67 ± 4.06 49.67 ± 6.79 36.67 ± 5.29 *PC 22.00 ± 1.52 *PC
CUR 69.33 ± 4.37 55.33 ± 5.28 *PC 44.00 ± 2.26 **PC 26.33 ± 2.39 **PC

Legend: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; NC—negative control; PC—positive control; PEN—penicillin; GEN—gentamicin; KAN—kanamycin; RES—resveratrol; QUE—quercetin; CUR—curcumin; NC—compared to the negative control; PC—compared to the positive control.