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Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Fig. 7 | Clinical Phytoscience

Fig. 7

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. 7

Photomicrograph of histological sections of the testes of the experimental rats at week 6. H & E × 400. Plate 4: Control subgroup (1b). 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 5: Treated subgroup (2b) with 250 mg/kg body weight of aqueous root extract of Chrysophyllum albidum. Spermatogenic arrest at the stage of conversion from spermatocyte to spermatids. Spermatogenic cells in view include spermatogonia (SG); spermatocyte (SC). The lumen contains admixture of immature cells of the spermatogenic series (LU). Plate 6: Treated subgroup (3b) with 500 mg/kg body weight of aqueous root extract of Chrysophyllum albidum. Sectioned area showing Focal Spermatogenic arrest (A)

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