Ginkgo Biloba Ameliorates Subfertility Induced by Testicular Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Adult Wistar Rats: A Possible New Mitochondrial Mechanism
Table 3
Changes in the mean diameter of the seminiferous tubules (micrometers), primary spermatocytes number/high power field (HPF), round spermatids number/HPF, and round spermatids/primary spermatocytes ratio/HPF in the different studied groups.
Control gr.
Ginkgo biloba supplemented group
I/R gr.
Ischemia only gr.
Ginkgo biloba treated I/R gr.
Mean seminiferous tubular diameter
72.99 ± 4
73.12 ± 3.9
56.43 ± 2.16
58.04 ± 3.1
73.31 ± 1.38
NS
<0.001
<0.001
NS
NS
<0.001
Count of primary spermatocytes
15.8 ± 1.09
16.2 ± 1.2
9 ± 1.2
9.6 ± 1.11
14 ± 2.1
NS
<0.001
<0.001
NS
NS
<0.002
Number of round spermatids
47.8 ± 1.83
48.1 ± .06
13.8 ± 4.12
26.4 ± 3.45
41.8 ± 1.72
NS
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.05
<0.001
Round spermatids/primary spermatocytes ratio
3.06 ± 0.02
2.96 ± 0.05
2.1 ± 0.02
2.22 ± 0.02
3.2 ± 0.03
NS
<0.001
<0.001
NS
NS
<0.005
: significance by LSD at from control group. : significance by LSD at from I/R group.
