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