Table 6 Effect of chronic exposure of different concentrations of BPS (0.5 μg/L, 5 μg/L, and 50 μg/L) on planimetry of caput and cauda epididymis in rats
Groups | Caput epididymis | Cauda epididymis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tubular diameter (μm) | Lumen diameter (μm) | Epithelial height (μm) | Epithelium (%) | Lumen (%) | Tubular diameter (μm) | Lumen diameter (μm) | Epithelial height (μm) | Epithelium (%) | Lumen (%) | |
Control | 361.66 ± 1.55 | 293.12 ± 3.17 | 32.12 ± 1.66 | 31.45 ± 1.44 | 68.55 ± 1.44 | 438.13 ± 2.63 | 411.33 ± 2.88 | 27.28 ± 1.27 | 32.16 ± 2.09 | 67.84 ± 2.08 |
0.5 μg/L | 357.91 ± 2.83 | 292.34 ± 3.30 | 33.26 ± 1.49 | 32.06 ± 1.27 | 67.95 ± 1.27 | 439.66 ± 2.93 | 410.22 ± 3.16 | 27.11 ± 1.91 | 31.14 ± 2.18 | 68.86 ± 2.18 |
5 μg/L | 353.72 ± 3.21 | 285.23 ± 2.54 | 29.55 ± 2.14 | 31.47 ± 1.71 | 68.53 ± `1.71 | 433.11 ± 2.67 | 408.51 ± 2.94 | 25.34 ± 1.29 | 30.67 ± 1.88 | 69.33 ± 1.88 |
50 μg/L | 353.38 ± 1.33* | 286.13 ± 2.71 | 30.31 ± 1.82 | 31.85 ± 1.46 | 68.15 ± 1.46 | 436.21 ± 2.39 | 407.88 ± 4.36 | 25.15 ± 1.34 | 29.33 ± 2.63 | 70.67 ± 2.63 |