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

Table 6 Effects of curcumin and curcumin nano-emulsion on total sperm cells maturation count and seminiferous tubules circumferences of male rats under protein deficient diet model

Groups	Total sperm cells maturation (count)	seminiferous tubules circumferences (μm)	Modified Johnsen spermatogenesis scoring
Normal	290.5 ± 5.14^b	198.6 ± 4.94^b	10.00 ± 0.0^b
PDD	8.875 ± 0.72^a	90.87 ± 1.44^a	2.00 ± 0.0^a
C	245.0 ± 5.09^{a, b}	235.2 ± 7.68^{a, b}	10.00 ± 0.0^b
NCL	241.9 ± 3.52^{a, b}	166.1 ± 4.10^{a, b}	8.88 ± 0.3^a
NCH	244.6 ± 5.26^{a, b}	143.3 ± 5.36^{a, b}	9.5 ± 0.19^b

^aSignificantly different from normal control, ^bsignificantly different from PDD group

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