Research Article

Physicochemical Assessment of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle and Moringa oleifera Supplementation on the Male Reproductive System of a Diabetic Rat Model

Table 1

Experimental design.

GroupGroup IDAdministration routeTreatment

Negative controlNCOral gavageRoutine diet + normal saline (1.0 ml/kg of body weight)
Diabetic untreated positive controlPCOral gavageAlloxan + routine diet + normal saline (1.0 ml/kg of body weight)
Standard treatment groupStd. COral gavageGlimepiride 0.1 mg/kg of body weight
The treatment group was given zinc oxide nanoparticlesZnONPOral gavageZinc oxide nanoparticles dosage at 7.5 mg/kg of body weight
The treatment group was given M. oleiferaMOOral gavageM. oleifera dosage at 250 mg/kg of body weight
The treatment group was given zinc oxide nanoparticles plus M. oleiferaZnONP + MOOral gavageZinc oxide nanoparticles dosage at (7.5 mg/kg) of body weight plus M. oleifera dosage at 250 mg/kg of body weight