Table 15.
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by human spermatozoa (n = 51) exposed to NTP of varying time intervals.
ROS [RLU/s/106 sperm] | 0 s | 15 s | 30 s | 60 s | 90 s |
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0 h | 25.54 ± 3.18 | 27.93 ± 3.55 | 29.34 ± 4.00 | 37.33 ± 3.87 * | 45.28 ± 4.62 ** |
2 h | 29.99 ± 4.07 | 32.33 ± 4.22 | 34.41 ± 3.57 | 42.44 ± 4.71 * | 51.88 ± 4.86 ** |
Mean ± SEM. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01. Lines: times of NTP exposition. Columns: evaluation times.