Figure 4.

Effect of thymoquinone (TQ) on female rat ovary aberrations induced by acrylamide (AA). The vehicle group showed normal follicles (black arrow) with intact ova and numerous normal corpora lutea (CL). AA group showed cystic changes in developing follicles (dotted arrows). Corpus luteum showed degenerated cells with dark nuclei (CL). AA+TQ group showed preservation of follicular structures (black arrows), residual small cysts are still present (dotted arrow). TQ group showed numerous follicles (arrows) with normal structure, and intact oocytes (black arrows), Corpus luteum (CL) showed normal, more healthy features than vehicle (H&E and E x400).