Fig. 4

Testis section of rats treated with DCA at 2 g/l showing marked disturbances of the normal architecture of the testicular tissues; (a) congestion of blood vessels (), hyperplasia of seminiferous epithelium and Leydig cells (#), necrotic cells in the lumina (⇒), (b) cytoplasmic vacuolation and edema (), and (c) necrotic and vacuolar degeneration of spermatogonia, spermatocyte I and sertoli cells was evident (H&E, (a) 100×, (b) 400× and (c) 1000×)