Table 3 |
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Seminal plasma levels of free 8-Isoprostane and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and activities of catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in controls and subgroups of patients. |
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Diagnosis |
8-Isoprostane (ng/ml) |
TAC (mM) |
Catalase (U/ml) |
SOD (U/ml) |
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Controls |
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Normozoospermic (n = 16) |
6.95 ± 2.10 |
1.63 ± 0.08 |
22.58 ± 2.20 |
5.89 ± 0.96 |
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Patients |
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Asthenozoospermic (n = 15) |
14.66 ± 4.10a |
1.12 ± 0.06d |
13.76 ± 1.64e |
4.82 ± 0.54 |
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Asthenoteratozoospermic (n = 16) |
16.71 ± 5.58b |
1.02 ± 0.08d |
16.66 ± 1.46f |
6.24 ± 1.50 |
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Oligoasthenoteratozoospermic (n = 15) |
23.42 ± 8.36c |
1.01 ± 0.09d |
12.61 ± 1.65g |
4.82 ± 0.39 |
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Data are reported as mean ± SEM. ap = 0.01, bp = 0.008, cp = 0.04, dp = 0.0001, ep = 0.004, fp = 0.04, gp = 0.001 in comparison with normozoospermic men. |
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Khosrowbeygi and Zarghami BMC Clinical Pathology 2007 7:6 doi:10.1186/1472-6890-7-6 |
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