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Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Fig. 6 | Clinical Phytoscience

Fig. 6

From: Aqueous root extract of Chrysophyllum albidum caused dose and duration dependent increases in some reproductive hormones and spermatogenic arrest in the testes of male Wistar rats

Fig. 6

Photomicrograph of histological sections of the testes of the experimental rats at week 4. H & E × 400. Plate 1; Control subgroup (1a). Sectioned area showing Interstitial cells of Leydig in the interstitial space (LC); Seminiferous tubule epithelium containing cells of the spermatogenic series including spermatogonia (SZ); spermatocyte (SC); Round spermatids (RS); elongated spermatids (ES) and sertoli cells and the lumen containing spermatozoa (LU). Plate 2: Treated subgroup (2a) with 250 mg/kg body weight of aqueous root extract of Chrysophyllum albidum. Sectioned area shows spermatogenic cells in normal sequential maturation. Plate 3: Treated subgroup (3a) with 500 mg/kg body weight of aqueous root extract of Chrysophyllum albidum. Sectioned area shows focal spermatogenic arrest at the stage of conversion from spermatocyte to spermatids (A). Spermatogenic cells in view include spermatogonia (SG); spermatocyte (SC). The lumen contains admixture of immature cells of the spermatogenic series (LU)

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