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

Table 3.

Effect B. carterii and B. papyrifera smoke exposure on diameter of seminiferous tubules, germ cells (µm) in the testis of albino rats.

Group 10× 100×
Seminiferous tubules (µm) Spermatogonia (µm) Spermatocytes (µm) Spermatids (µm)
I 273.51 ± 1.27 11.18 ± 0.24 9.33 ± 0.31 9.00 ± 0.23
Control
II 239.19 ± 5.43 *** 7.21 ± 0.63 *** 6.00 ± 0.27 *** 5.90 ± 0.33 ***
B. papyrifera
III 261.16 ± 2.73 *** 5.21 ± 0.39 *** 5.39 ± 0.21 *** 4.56 ± 0.39 ***
B. carterii

*** p < 0.001.