?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Effect+of+Neem+Oil+on+Sperm+Mitochondrial+Activity&rft.creator=Patil%2C+P&rft.creator=Gaikwad%2C+RD&rft.creator=Sawane%2C+MV&rft.creator=Waghmare%2C+VS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=It+is+a+known+fact+that+neem+oil+has+some+effect+on+motility+of+sperm.+Motility+of+sperm+depends+on+mitochondrial+activity+present+in+mid-piece+of+sperm.+In+the+present+study%2C+the+mitochondrial+activity+of+sperm+was+evaluated+after+treating+semen+with+the+different+quantities+of+neem+oil.+The+mitochondrial+activity+was+also+evaluated+after+subjecting+the+semen+samples+for+different+incubation+periods+keeping+the+quantity+of+semen+as+well+as+that+of+neem+oil+same.+Tests+were+done+on+thirty+normozoospermic+semen+samples+with+motile+score+more+than+75%25.+It+was+found+that+as+the+quantity+of+neem+oil+increases%2C+the+mitochondrial+activity+decreases+significantly+(P+%3C+0.001).+Similar+results+were+found%2C+when+same+quantity+of+neem+oil+was+treated+with+same+quantity+of+semen%2C+but+incubating+for+different+time+durations.++The+mitochondrial+activity+decreases+significantly+(P+%3C+0.001)+from+one+minute+to+twenty+minutes.+So%2C+it+indicates+that+as+the+contact+period+between+neem+oil+and+semen+increases+the+mitochondrial+activity+decreases+significantly&rft.publisher=Dr.+BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-04-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6984%2F1%2F2009-4-12.pdf&rft.identifier=++Patil%2C+P+and+Gaikwad%2C+RD+and+Sawane%2C+MV+and+Waghmare%2C+VS++(2010)+Effect+of+Neem+Oil+on+Sperm+Mitochondrial+Activity.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6984%2F