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Table 2 The effect of different doses of the grape extract on sperm viability (mean ± SD)

From: Antioxidant effect of a polyphenol-rich grape pomace extract on motility, viability and lipid peroxidation of thawed bovine spermatozoa

Time (hours)

Extract (μg ml −1)

Alive spermatozoa-intact acrosome (%)

0

0

81.0 ± 2.4

 

1

77.0 ± 3.0

 

2

82.0 ± 1.8

 

5

79.0 ± 3.2

2

0

49.0 ± 2.5a

 

1

48.0 ± 1.8a

 

2

54.5 ± 1.5b

 

5

55.6 ± 1.5b

4

0

39.5 ± 2.9

 

1

39.0 ± 5.4

 

2

37.3 ± 2.6

 

5

47.4 ± 13.5

  1. Different letters in each column indicate statistically significant difference between the treatments within each given time point (p <0.05, n = 4).