The present study was conducted to investigate the impact of carbamate insecticide - bendiocarb on the testicular structure of adult rabbits. Bendiocarb was perorally administered daily for 10 and 30 days, at a dose 5 mg/kg of body weight. After the histological sampling the tissues were investigated and compared with control. After the bendiocarb administration the absolute and relative testic...

BACKGROUND Calcium ions are vital in many biological processes including hormonal secretion, mitosis, reproduction, fertility and regulation of gene expression. Thus, calcium antagonists who are frequently prescribed for the cure of cardiovascular diseases may affect any of these physiological processes. METHODS This quasi experimental study was done at Army Medical College, Rawalpindi from O...

The effects of Tahitian noni juice (TNJ), vitamin C and vitamin E on male reproductive functions in cyclophosphamide-treated wistar rats were compared. Thirty five male wistar rats with mean body weight of 180 ± 24.3 g were randomly divided into five groups. Group one were treated with cyclophosphamide (50 mg/kg, i.p.) while, group two were treated with TNJ (10 ml/kg, i.p.) and cyclophosphamide...

OBJECTIVE To study a method of chemical sterilization and its efficacy in adult male stray dogs. METHODS Sterilization was performed 45 days after a single bilateral intratesticular injection of calcium chloride (CaCl(2)) at the doses of 5, 10, 15 or 20 mg per testis per kg body weight. RESULTS Histomorphological measures of testes showed total necrosis of testicular tissue at 45 days after...

Objective: The present study was to evaluate the dose-dependent effects of Cuminum cyminum (C. cyminum) on testicular gametogenic and androgenic activities in adult rat. Methods: The hydro-methanolic extract was administered orally at the dose of 30mg, 60mg and 120mg/100g body weight of rats for 28 days. The effects of the treatment on reproductive organs and testicular steroidogenesis were inv...

848 testicular biopsy slides of 664 infertile men were reviewed from the archive of jahad daneshgahi pathology center. tite mean age of patients was 33 years. bilateral testicular biopsies were performed in 197 cases. in 47 cases (23.9%) the histopathologic findings were not identical mixed pattern were encountered frequently which must be kept in mirul in pathologic evaluations and reports.

2,5-Hexanedione (2,5-HD), a taxol-like promoter of microtubule assembly, and carbendazim (CBZ), a colchicine-like inhibitor of microtubule assembly, are two environmental testicular toxicants that target and disrupt microtubule function in Sertoli cells. At the molecular level, these two toxicants have opposite effects on microtubule assembly, yet they share the common physiologic effect of inh...

objective: in this study aimed at evaluating the antifertility effect of the methanolic extract of abelmoschus esculentus (okro) fruit using albino wistar rat. methods: fifty adult male rats weighing 200g to 300g were weighed and divided into five groups of five rats each. group1 served as the control and were given water and normal rat chaw while groups 2, 3, 4 and 5 served as the test groups ...

A new method is presented for the purification of testicular hyaluronidase involving ion exchange chromatography followed by gel filtration on Sephadex G-75. A highly purified hyaluronidase preparation has been obtained which contains 45,000 National Formulary activity units per mg, dry weight, and which migrates as a single component on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis at pH 4.3. The enzyme ...