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Table 4 Effects of curcumin and curcumin nano-emulsion on testes cell energy (ATP, ADP, AMP, AMP/ATP and ACE) of male rats under protein deficient diet model

From: Beneficial effects of curcumin nano-emulsion on spermatogenesis and reproductive performance in male rats under protein deficient diet model: enhancement of sperm motility, conservancy of testicular tissue integrity, cell energy and seminal plasma amino acids content

Parameters

Groups

Normal

PDD

C

NCL

NCH

ATP (μg/g)

85.68 ± 1.91b

19.35 ± 0.38a

48.47 ± 0.45a, b

57.56 ± 0.32a,m b

64.84 ± 0.66a, b

ADP (μg/g)

36.42 ± 0.66b

6.95 ± 0.23a

19.15 ± 0.50a,b

23.23 ± 0.50a, b

22.62 ± 0.21a, b

AMP (μg/g)

26.79 ± 0.48b

8.97 ± 0.24a

15.94 ± 0.08a, b

17.07 ± 0.52a, b

17.55 ± 0.30a, b

AMP/ATP

0.31 ± 0.002b

0.46 ± 0.014a

0.33 ± 0.007b

0.30 ± 0.006b

0.27 ± 0.002a, b

AEC

0.70 ± 0.002b

0.65 ± 0.012a

0.69 ± 0.006b

0.71 ± 0.003b

0.73 ± 0.006a, b

  1. aSignificantly different from normal control, bsignificantly different from PDD group