Protective Effect of Nano-Vitamin C on Infertility due to Oxidative Stress Induced by Lead and Arsenic in Male Rats

Table 4

Effect of NVC on spermatogenic cell count in the testis of As- and Pb-exposed rats.

Groups	Spermatogonium	Spermatocyte	Spermatid	Leydig cell	Sertoli cell
C	48.00 ± 0.816	56.42 ± 0.649	59.00 ± 2.115	8.28 ± 0.420	6.13 ± 0.404
As	32.14 ± 0.508 a	35.57 ± 1.556 a	45.43 ± 1.231 a	3.57 ± 0.368 a	3.00 ± 0.308 a
Pb	32.42 ± 0.649 a	40.42 ± 0.996 a, b	48.28 ± 2.043 a	3.85 ± 0.404 a	3.28 ± 0.285 a
NVC	45.42 ± 1.986 b, c	56.85 ± 0.857 b, c	62.57 ± 1.324 b, c	7.71 ± 0.865 b, c	5.85 ± 0.341 b, c
As + NVC	40.25 ± 1.426 a, b, c	46.57 ± 1.172 a, b, c	52.42 ± 0.719 a, b, d	5.57 ± 0.368 a	3.14 ± 0.340 a, d
Pb + NVC	37.71 ± 1.209 a, b, c, e	43.00 ± 0.816 a, b	52.57 ± 0.649 a, b, d	5.85 ± 0.508 a, b	3.00 ± 0.308 a, d

; ; . a, b, c, d, and e are compared with C, As, Pb, NVC, and As + NVC groups, respectively.