Table 2.

Quantitative changes in ultrastructural components of the Leydig cells of male rats.

Cell organelles	Control	Alloxan-induced diabetic rats	Healthy rats treated with arecoline	Diabetic rats treated with arecoline
Size of the nucleus (μm)	12.61 ± 0.8	6.34 ± 1.2	16.41 ± 0.7	13.83 ± 0.6*
Number of DCVs	31.32 ± 0.08	11.23 ± 0.05	68.21 ± 0.06	42.12 ± 0.04*
Number of CVs	22.13 ± 0.04	9.13 ± 0.02	79.23 ± 0.04	20.12 ± 0.05*
Number of SER	29.14 ± 0.08	10.65 ± 0.08	64.23 ± 0.08	28.23 ± 0.08*

^* P < 0.01.