Effects of thymoquinone or capsaicin on sperm tail abnormalities in acrylamide-challenged rats
Challenging animals with acrylamide for 8 weeks resulted in significantly increased percentage of sperm tail abnormalities by about 229% compared to control group. Also, concomitant treatment with TQ or capsaicin of animals kept on acrylamide significantly decreased the percentages of sperm tail abnormalities by about 60% and 55%, respectively compared to animals challenged with acrylamide alone(Table 1) .
Effects of thymoquinone or capsaicin on serum sex hormones levels in acrylamide challenged rats