TABLE 2.

Effect of MPTA on sperm malformation in mice (n = 5).

Groups	Sperm test count	Abnormal sperm count	Sperm abnormality rate	Percentage of each type of abnormal sperm (%)
				No hook	Banana-shaped	Amorphous	Fathead	Tail-folded	Double-headed	Double-tailed
241.00 mg/kg	5 × 1000	134	2.76 ± 0.84	12.69 ± 0.82	14.93 ± 0.15**	33.58 ± 0.47	14.18 ± 0.27*	14.93 ± 0.73	3.73 ± 0.65	5.97 ± 0.14**
120.50 mg/kg	5 × 1000	141	2.91 ± 0.82	14.89 ± 0.94*	14.18 ± 0.59**	34.04 ± 0.88	13.48 ± 0.69	12.77 ± 0.79	2.84 ± 0.41	7.80 ± 0.51*
60.25 mg/kg	5 × 1000	118	2.42 ± 0.63	10.17 ± 0.50	11.86 ± 0.66**	36.44 ± 1.23	13.56 ± 0.52	11.02 ± 0.67	5.93 ± 0.49*	11.02 ± 0.75
Negative control	5 × 1000	135	2.78 ± 0.91	11.85 ± 0.70	21.48 ± 1.19	29.63 ± 1.12	10.37 ± 0.73	13.33 ± 0.79	2.96 ± 0.41	10.37 ± 0.73
Positive control	5 × 1000	418	9.12 ± 1.44**	9.57 ± 0.97	7.66 ± 1.05**	51.20 ± 2.13**	11.00 ± 1.49	10.77 ± 1.41	3.83 ± 0.70	5.98 ± 1.07**

Note: Data are compared with negative controls, ^* indicates significant differences (p < 0.05), ^** indicates significant differences (p < 0.01).