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Fig. 4 | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Fig. 4

From: Ameliorating potency of Chenopodium album Linn. and vitamin C against mercuric chloride-induced oxidative stress in testes of Sprague Dawley rats

Fig. 4

Photomicrograph of adult male cauda epididymis (H&E, × 40) from control group showing normal morphology of cauda epididymis, thin pseudostratified epithelium lined with stereocilia, and lumen filled with spermatozoa (a), Mercury-treated showing reduced pseudostratified epithelium with distorted spermatozoa and empty lumen in most of tubules (b), Mercury + vitamin C shows increased spermatozoa and pseudostratified epithelium (c), Mercury + C. album shows normal spermatozoa and epithelium (d). St, stroma; E, epithelium; S, spermatozoa; × 40 by × 10 = × 400

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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

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