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Table 2.

Biochemical parameters in all experimental groups

Parameter	Control	Sham	LD-ETP	MD-ETP	HD-ETP	Neostigmine
Serum AChE (mU mL ^-1 )	0.34 ± 0.00^a	0.32 ± 0.00^a	0.25 ± 0.01^b	0.22 ± 0.00^bc	0.18 ± 0.00^c	0.25 ± 0.01^b
Blood AChE (mU mL ^-1 )	0.67 ± 0.01^ab	0.69 ± 0.01^a	0.62 ± 0.01^b	0.35 ± 0.01^d	0.21 ± 0.00^e	0.50 ± 0.01^c
Catalase activity (U mg ^-1 )	502.20 ± 1.12^a	503.90 ± 1.45^a	405.60 ± 1.65^b	370.50 ± 3.10^b	303.30 ± 1.01^c	404.10 ± 2.22^b
Testicular TAC (mmol g ^-1 )	2.32 ± 0.00^a	2.47 ± 0.07^a	1.88 ± 0.05^b	1.38 ± 0.03^c	0.92 ± 0.02^d	1.91 ± 0.03^b
Testicular MDA (nmol g ^-1 )	13.42 ± 0.10^d	13.52 ± 0.09^d	13.86 ± 0.06^c	20.76 ± 0.06^b	23.05 ± 0.01^a	14.03 ± 0.01^c
Serum TAC (µmol L ^-1 )	4.03 ± 0.01^a	3.87 ± 0.06^a	3.22 ± 0.06^b	2.50 ± 0.10^c	1.70 ± 0.14^d	2.78 ± 0.10^bc
Serum MDA (µmol L ^-1 )	5.54 ± 0.12^c	5.23 ± 0.09^c	5.52 ± 0.22^c	6.44 ± 0.18^b	7.46 ± 0.26^a	5.56 ± 0.14^c
Testosterone (ng mL ^-1 )	0.29 ± 0.07^a	0.43 ± 0.11^a	0.31 ± 0.01^a	0.23 ± 0.01^a	0.19 ± 0.01^a	0.32 ± 0.01^a

LD-ETP: Low dose ethephon (120 mg kg^-1); MD-ETP: Mid-dose ethephon (240 mg kg^-1); HD-ETP: High dose ethephon (480 mg kg^-1); AChE: Acetylcholinesterase; TAC: Total antioxidant capacity; MDA: Malondialdehyde.

^abcde Different letters indicate significant difference among groups (p < 0.05).