Ginkgo Biloba Ameliorates Subfertility Induced by Testicular Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Adult Wistar Rats: A Possible New Mitochondrial Mechanism

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Photomicrographs of a cross section of adult rat tests of the I/R group showing (a) apparent congestion of the capsule (CT) containing dilated congested blood vessels (BV), some shrunken tubules (), and other tubules with wide lumina (L) (×100). (b) There is interstitial haemorrhage () and excess acidophilic vacuolated exudates inside and outside the affected seminiferous tubules () (×100). (c) Decrease in the primary spermatocytes () and round spermatids (black rightwards arrow) series with degenerated cytoplasm and pyknotic nuclei (ghost cells). The lumen is full with fragmented degenerated exfoliated cells (E) and congested blood vessels (BV) with many dark stained kidney shaped nuclei (▲) of mononuclear inflammatory cell infiltrate (neutrophils) with margination from the lumen towards the blood vessels wall (×400). (d) Distorted seminiferous tubules (T), markedly disarranged spermatogenic cells, wide area of separation or detachment of the basal germ cells from the basement membrane (), and interstitial vacuolated acidophilic exudates () ( ×400).

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