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. 2012 Mar 31;39(1):15–21. doi: 10.5653/cerm.2012.39.1.15

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Copyright © 2012. The Korean Society for Reproductive Medicine

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(A) The body weight of rats after tributyltin (TBT) administration. Three-week-old female rats were orally administered sesame oil, or 1 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg of TBT, daily for 7 days (n=9, each group). (B) The ovary weight of rats after TBT administration. The ovary weight was significantly decreased in 10 mg/kg TBT-treated rats compared to the control rats treated with sesame oil. (C) The gonad somatic index of the rats treated with 10 mg/kg TBT was also decreased compared to that of the control rats treated with sesame oil. The data is represented as mean±SE. ^aIndicates a significant difference between the sesame oil- and TBT-treated rats (p<0.05).