Table 5.

Effect of consumption of aqueous extract of green tea for 52 days on the measurements of the seminiferous tubules and epididymis.

	Seminiferous tubule		Epididymis epithelial height
	Diameter (µm)	Epithelial height (µm)	Caput (µm)	Cauda (µm)
Control	281.4 ± 3.0	92.8 ± 1.4	24.1 ± 0.5	16.8 ± 0.5
2% Green tea	263. 8 ± 2.4***	88.4 ± 1.1*	26.0 ± 0.8	19.4 ± 0.8*
5% Green tea	262.8 ± 2.7***	92.0 ± 1.2	25.8 ± 0.6	17.9 ± 0.6

Values represents mean ± SEM of six male rats per group.

*P < 0.05; ***P < 0.0001.