Table 5.

Mean^a (±SD) sperm motility, epididymal count, homogenization-resistant sperm count and percent abnormal sperm in male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 10) fed β-ionone epoxide in the diet for 90 days.

	Nominal Dose Level (mg/kg bw/day)
	0	20	40	80b
Sperm motility (%)	94 ± 5	95 ± 3	91 ± 14	96 ± 2
Epididymal count (106 sperm/g)	1200 ± 188	1191 ± 337	1129 ± 200	1213 ± 262
HRS count (106 sperm/g)	114 ± 30	101 ± 21	112 ± 26	122 ± 19
Sperm morphology
(% abnormal)	1.4 ± 0.6	1.2 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.8	1.7 ± 1.4

SD, standard deviation; HRS, homogenization-resistant sperm

^aValues reported for Day 91

^bn = 9