A Protective Role of Arecoline Hydrobromide in Experimentally Induced Male Diabetic Rats

Table 3

Quantitative changes in ultrastructural components of the prostate epithelium of rats.

Cell organelles	Control	Alloxan-induced diabetic rats	Healthy rats treated with arecoline	Diabetic rats treated with arecoline
Size of the nucleus (μm)	6.61 ± 0.7	2.34 ± 0.9	8.41 ± 0.4	5.83 ± 0.2^*
Number of DCVs	11.32 ± 0.09	5.23 ± 0.05	18.21 ± 0.06	12.12 ± 0.04^*
Number of SER	32.14 ± 0.51	8.65 ± 0.7	54.23 ± 0.8	34.23 ± 1.2^*

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