Pemberian Virgin Coconut Oil untuk Meningkatkan Jumlah dan Motilitas Spermatozoa: Studi pada Tikus Wistar dengan Diet Tinggi Lemak

Obesity is one of several causes of infertility in men, this accurs because off changes lifestyle, accurring in the diet. Consuming foods high in cholesterol and fatty foods can trigger obesity. High-fat diet can increase the production of free radicals that have a negative impact on the quality and amount of sperm motility. Virgin Coconut Oil contains lauric acid and polyphenols, which can capture free radicals. Objective of this study was to prove that Virgin Coconut Oil administration might increase the number and motility of spermatozoa in Wistar rats with high-fat diet (HFD). The study using Randomized Posttest Only Control Group Design. Thirty male Wistar rats aged 2 months and weighing 150-200 grams were divided into 5 groups: negative control (normal diet), positive control (HFD), first treatment group (HFD with VCO 1 ml/day), second treatment group (HFD with VCO 1.2 ml /day), and third treatment group (HFD with VCO 2 ml/day). The mean number of sperm in three treatment groups increase compared to the positive control group (375 million/ml), P1 (566.67 million/ml), P2 (510 million/ml) and P3 (500 million/ml), however statistically was went significant (p = 0.1). The mean percentage of sperm motility in the 3 treatment groups increase compared to the positive control group, P1 (43.33%), p2 (36%) and P3 (32.50%). however, statistically was not sinificant (p = 0.2). Virgin Coconut Oil cannot increase the number and motility of spermatozoa in male Wistar rats with hig-fat diet (p > 0.05)