highly significantp≤0.001
Whereas in the 250 mg/kg body weight of benzene extract treated animals showed a highly significant decrease (p≤0.001) in total sperm count (56%), total number of motile sperm (45%), forward velocity of sperm (49%) and a highly significant increase (p≤0.001) in the percentage of abnormal sperm (544%) when compared to control animals ( Table I ).