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. 2013 Feb 28;10(3):830–844. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10030830

Table 2.

Effect B. carterii and B. papyrifera smoke exposure on total count of seminiferous tubules, germ cells, Leydig cells and Sertoli cells in the testis of albino rats.

Group Number of
Seminiferous tubules in microscopic field (10×) Spermatogonia Spermatocytes Spermatids Leydig cells Sertoli cells
I 15.50 ± 0.21 130.70 ± 2.39 549.55 ± 29.34 986.35 ± 7.28 57.30 ± 0.41 29.63 ± 1.56
Control
II 21.13 ± 0.41 *** 90.50 ± 1.36 *** 427.31 ± 1.41 *** 762.30 ± 1.43 *** 27.12 ± 1.35 *** 20.81 ± 1.67 ***
B. papyrifera
III 23.18 ± 0.40 *** 70.09 ± 2.36 *** 321.57 ± 4.21 *** 593.17 ± 3.3 *** 25.17 ± 1.77 *** 17.91 ± 1.39 ***
B. carterii

*** p < 0.001.