Table 2.
Parameters | GC | GCd | GCdJ | GJ |
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Seminiferous tubules | ||||
ml | 1.59 ± 0.16 | 1.28 ± 0.20* | 1.51 ± 1.16 | 1.55 ± 0.25 |
% | 83.44 ± 2.46 | 77.32 ± 4.68 | 86.57 ± 2.31c | 85.25 ± 1.92b |
Epithelium | ||||
ml | 1.15 ± 0.14 | 1.07 ± 0.18 | 1.14 ± 0.14 | 1.14 ± 0.18 |
% | 60.71 ± 2.52 | 64.26 ± 5.23 | 65.01 ± 2.46 | 62.52 ± 1.13 |
Lumen | ||||
ml | 0.43 ± 0.07 | 0.21 ± 0.03*** | 0.38 ± 0.03a | 0.41 ± 0.07c |
% | 20.49 ± 2.80 | 13.06 ± 1.22*** | 21.56 ± 0.50a | 22.73 ± 1.65c |
Interstitium | ||||
ml | 0.32 ± 0.07 | 0.37 ± 0.08 | 0.23 ± 0.03b | 0.26 ± 0.04a |
% | 16.72 ± 1.98 | 22.67 ± 4.68 | 13.43 ± 2.31c | 14.75 ± 1.93b |
GC, control group; GCd, cadmium group; GCdJ, cadmium and grape juice concentrate group; GJ, grape juice concentrate group. (n = 6) A significant difference was found for the following: *P < 0.05 with GC, ***P ≤ 0.001 with GC. a P ≤ 0.05 with GCd, b P ≤ 0.01 with GCd, c P ≤ 0.001 with GCd.