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Testicular morphology of adult wistar rats treated with Rudgea viburnoides (Cham.) Benth. leaf infusion
2012; Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar); Volume: 55; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s1516-89132012000100013
ISSN1678-4324
AutoresJuliana Castro Monteiro, Sérgio Luís Pinto da Matta, Fabrícia de Souza Predes, Tarcízio Antônio Rêgo de Paula,
Tópico(s)Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
ResumoThe present study was carried out to investigate the effects of Rudgea viburnoides infusion on the body biometry and testicular morphometry and stereology of adult Wistar rats. Two groups received the infusion daily at the concentration of 3 or 6 mg/mL for 40 days. The control group received only water. Neither the biometrical parameters nor the tubular diameter and the height of the seminiferous epithelium showed any significant alterations in the treated animals. Leydig cells stereology did not show any significant alterations in the treated animals. These results indicated that R. viburnoides did not cause alterations in body biometry and testicular morphometry.
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