Figures & data
Table 1. Effect of I. suffruticosum on body and testis weight and epididymal spermcounts in Carbendazim-induced subfertile male rats after 28 days of treatment.
Table 2. Effect of I. suffruticosum on Cauda epididymal sperm motility and sperm pattern in Carbendazim-induced subfertile male rats after 28 days of treatment.
Table 3. Effect of Ionidium suffruticosum on Cauda epididymal sperm vitality and spermmorphology in Carbendazim induced subfertile male rats after 28 days of treatment.
Table 4. Percentage of predominant abnormalities of sperm observed in different experimentalgroups.
Figure 1. Effect of I. suffruticosum on epididymal sperm agglutination in Carbendazim-induced subfertile male rats after 28 days of treatment. (A) Sperms of Group of rats treated with I. suffruticosum (450×). (B) Sperms of Group of rats treated with Clomiphene citrate (450×). (C) Agglutination of sperms in carbendazim-treated group (450×). (D) Agglutination of sperms of group 3 rat treated with I. suffruticosum (450×). (E) Seminiferous tubule of a carbendazim-treated rat showing specific depletion of pachytenespermatocyte and total seminiferous tubular atrophy (450×). (F) Seminiferous tubules of a carbendazim-induced subfertile male rats treated with I. suffruticosum showing less damage and with a normal histology (100×). (G) Seminiferous epithelium of a carbendazim-treated rats showing sloughing off germinalepithelium (100×). (H) Single seminiferous tubules, of a group 3 rat treated with I. suffruticosum (450×) (I) Seminiferous tubules of a carbendazim-treated rat showing fibrosis (450×). (J) Single seminiferous tubules treated with I. suffruticosum showing normal histological restoration (450×) 1: Control; 2: Carbendazim-Treated; 3: I. suffruticosum treated; 4: Standard fertility drug Clomiphene citrate treated+
![Figure 1. Effect of I. suffruticosum on epididymal sperm agglutination in Carbendazim-induced subfertile male rats after 28 days of treatment. (A) Sperms of Group of rats treated with I. suffruticosum (450×). (B) Sperms of Group of rats treated with Clomiphene citrate (450×). (C) Agglutination of sperms in carbendazim-treated group (450×). (D) Agglutination of sperms of group 3 rat treated with I. suffruticosum (450×). (E) Seminiferous tubule of a carbendazim-treated rat showing specific depletion of pachytenespermatocyte and total seminiferous tubular atrophy (450×). (F) Seminiferous tubules of a carbendazim-induced subfertile male rats treated with I. suffruticosum showing less damage and with a normal histology (100×). (G) Seminiferous epithelium of a carbendazim-treated rats showing sloughing off germinalepithelium (100×). (H) Single seminiferous tubules, of a group 3 rat treated with I. suffruticosum (450×) (I) Seminiferous tubules of a carbendazim-treated rat showing fibrosis (450×). (J) Single seminiferous tubules treated with I. suffruticosum showing normal histological restoration (450×) 1: Control; 2: Carbendazim-Treated; 3: I. suffruticosum treated; 4: Standard fertility drug Clomiphene citrate treated+](/cms/asset/40ef9ad7-ac60-4867-af46-b37a9d7a994a/iphb_a_1278453_f0001_b.jpg)
Table 5. Effect of Ionidium suffruticosum on malondialdehyde and antioxidant enzymelevels in Carbendazim induced subfertile male rats after 28 days of treatment.