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. 2021 Jun 19;8(2):256–265. doi: 10.5455/javar.2021.h510

Table 6. Impact of phytochemicals extract supplementations on reaction time and semen characteristics of rabbit males (n = 10 males per each group).

Item	Control	Turmeric (mg per kg diet)			Garlic extract (mg per kg diet)			p-value
Item	Control	30	60	90	50	75	100	p-value
Libido (sec)	2.01^a ± 0.06	1.56^b ± 0.05	1.49^b ± 0.08	1.53^b ± 0.09	1.52^b ± 0.05	1.52^b ± 0.06	1.54^b ± 0.04	0.0001
Mass motility (score 1–5)	3.00^d ± 0.25	3.50^abcd ± 0.23	3.40^bcd ± 0.16	3.22^c ± 0.33	3.90^abc ± 0.22	4.10^ab ± 0.18	4.20^a ± 0.25	0.0043
Dead sperm (%)	38.80^a ± 1.75	13.10^cd ± 1.50	18.40^b ± 1.51	17.11^bc ± 1.14	11.90^d ± 1.52	17.10^bc ± 1.37	14.00^bcd ± 2.14	<0.0001
Normal sperm (%)	61.20^d ± 1.76	86.90^abc ± 1.51	81.60^c ± 1.51	86.00^ab ± 1.14	88.10^a ± 1.52	82.90^bc ± 1.37	82.889^bc ± 1.37	<0.0001
Tail abnormality (%)	16.90^a ± 1.11	10.80^b ± 0.81	12.50^b ± 0.64	12.56^b ± 0.78	10.10^{b ±}0.96	11.20^b ± 0.90	10.50^b ± 0.54	<0.0001
Head abnormality (%)	4.60 ± 0.62	3.40 ± 0.34	3.20 ± 0.39	3.00 ± 0.50	3.30 ± 0.42	3.10 ± 0.35	3.70 ± 0.47	0.2237
TFSF (10⁶/ejaculate)	49.93^d ± 1.93	116.29^bc ± 3.50	127.84^b ± 2.93	114.56^c ± 4.99	126.68^bc ± 4.22	125.69^bc ± 4.47	146.31^a ± 6.05	<0.0001
MPS (%)	38.40^b ± 0.65	50.80^a ± 1.02	50.20^a ± 1.41	52.40^a ± 0.09	53.20^a ± 1.13	51.80^a ± 0.52	54.40^a ± 1.10	<0.0001
Acrosome reacted sperm (%)	7.60^b ± 1.14	15.20^a ± 1.20	13.60^a ± 0.85	14.80^a ± 1.28	16.20^a ± 1.25	15.60^a ± 1.04	15.0^a ± 1.45	0.0006
Initial semen fructose (mg/dl)	70.70^b ± 2.56	81.10^a ± 3.98	86.90^a ± 2.51	86.89^a ± 2.53	87.50^a ± 1.86	88.20^a ± 2.09	86.50^a ± 1.61	<0.0001

TFSF = Total functional sperm fraction; MPS = Mitochondrial potential sperm.

^a,b,c,d

Means in the same row without common superscript differ significantly (p < 0.05).