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. 2022 Sep 23;39(1):115–125. doi: 10.1007/s43188-022-00149-x

Table 2.

Sperm analysis of male mice treated with cyclophosphamide (CP) and/or China dust (CD)

Parameters Group
NC CP CD40 CP + CD20 CP + CD40
No. of mice examined 6 6 6 6 6
Sperm motility (%) 71.8 ± 7.57a 49.8 ± 7.81** 71.3 ± 3.56 44.5 ± 7.92** 41.3 ± 10.42**
Sperm abnormality (%) 19.8 ± 5.34 31.7 ± 3.27** 25.2 ± 5.04 31.3 ± 4.23** 33.2 ± 3.97**
Small head 0 0.3 ± 0.52 0.2 ± 0.41 0.5 ± 0.55 0.3 ± 0.52
Amorphous head 10.5 ± 4.04 13.5 ± 1.87 12.8 ± 5.12 12.7 ± 3.33 15.0 ± 6.13
Two heads/tail 0.5 ± 0.84 1.5 ± 1.05 0.8 ± 0.75 0.5 ± 0.84 0.5 ± 0.55
Excessive hook 0.2 ± 0.41 0.8 ± 0.98 0 0.8 ± 1.60 0.8 ± 1.33
Straight hook 0.2 ± 0.41 0.3 ± 0.52 0 0.2 ± 0.41 0.2 ± 0.41
Folded tail 7.3 ± 3.39 13.3 ± 1.21** 9.3 ± 3.72 13.0 ± 3.79* 12.5 ± 4.28*
Short tail 0.3 ± 0.82 0.3 ± 0.52 0.5 ± 0.84 0.7 ± 1.21 0.3 ± 0.82
No tail 0.8 ± 1.60 1.5 ± 0.84 1.5 ± 2.35 3.0 ± 1.55 3.5 ± 2.43

a Values are presented as means ± SD. *p < 0.05 vs. NC group; **p < 0.01 vs. NC group, respectively