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Effect B. carterii and B. papyrifera smoke exposure on nuclear diameter (µm) of the germ cells in testis of albino rats.
| Group | 100× (µm) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spermatogonia | Spermatocytes | Spermatids | Leydig cells | |
| I | 10.38 ± 0.19 | 8.45 ± 0.22 | 7.08 ± 0.20 | 9.74 ± 0.27 |
| Control | ||||
| II | 5.09 ± 0.31 *** | 5.63 ± 0.35 *** | 4.26 ± 0.17 *** | 5.61 ± 0.21 *** |
| B. papyrifera | ||||
| III | 4.34 ± 0.27 *** | 4.28 ± 0.21 *** | 3.83 ± 0.11 *** | 4.00 ± 0.19 *** |
| B. carterii | ||||
*** p < 0.001.
