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

Table 3.

The effect of selected antibiotics and bioactive molecules on reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation during induced bacteriospermia.

ROS [RLU/s/10⁶ Sperm]	0 h	2 h	4 h	6 h
NC	1.54 ± 0.26	5.44 ± 0.60	8.21 ± 0.33	10.86 ± 0.34
PC	5.43 ± 0.35 ^***NC	11.51 ± 0.25 ^***NC	17.98 ± 1.10 ^***NC	26.85 ± 0.31 ^***NC
PEN	4.29 ± 0.26 ^***NC	9.23 ± 0.10 ^{*NC, PC}	14.45 ± 1.29 ^**NC	17.93 ± 0.90 ^{*NC, *PC}
GEN	4.11 ± 0.21 ^{**NC, PC}	9.15 ± 0.54 ^{**NC, PC}	14.71 ± 0.92 ^***NC	18.06 ± 1.68 ^{*NC, *PC}
KAN	4.42 ± 0.30 ^***NC	8.83 ± 0.46 ^{*NC, PC}	14.46 ± 0.98 ^**NC	18.58 ± 1.01 ^{*NC, *PC}
RES	2.87 ± 0.14 ^{NC, **PC}	7.39 ± 0.15 ^{NC, **PC}	11.38 ± 0.50 ^***PC	14.48 ± 0.71 ^***PC
QUE	2.91 ± 0.14 ^{NC, **PC}	7.19 ± 0.15 ^***PC	11.86 ± 0.55 ^**PC	15.21 ± 0.48 ^{NC, **PC}
CUR	2.45 ± 0.17 ^***PC	6.89 ± 0.24 ^***PC	11.08 ± 0.37 ^***PC	13.90 ± 0.70 ^***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.