Table 9.

Protein oxidation expressed as the concentration of protein carbonyls assessed in bovine spermatozoa (nmol PC/mg prot) in the absence (Ctrl) or presence of the Omija extract during different time periods.

Groups	0 h	2 h	24 h
Ctrl	1.22 ± 0.15	2.63 ± 0.20	27.71 ± 0.90
1 µg/mL	1.17 ± 0.12	1.83 ± 0.20∗	16.81 ± 0.67∗∗∗
5 µg/mL	1.05 ± 0.12	1.66 ± 0.13∗∗∗	13.51 ± 0.65∗∗∗
10 µg/mL	1.10 ± 0.15	1.71 ± 0.17∗∗∗	13.05 ± 0.60∗∗∗
25 µg/mL	1.05 ± 0.13	1.56 ± 0.15∗∗∗	11.31 ± 0.55∗∗∗
50 µg/mL	1.15 ± 0.14	1.76 ± 0.19∗	12.55 ± 0.59∗∗∗
75 µg/mL	1.01 ± 0.10	1.72 ± 0.23∗	16.55 ± 0.76∗∗∗

Mean ± S.D. (n = 30). ^∗∗∗-p < 0.001; ^∗-p < 0.05.