Sexual Enhancing Effect of Anacardium occidentale in Stress-Exposed Rats by Improving Dopaminergic and Testicular Functions

Figure 8

The effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of A. occidentale leaves extract on histomorphology of rat testis stained with haematoxylin and eosin (H&E). (a) Seminiferous tubule. (b) Interstitial cell of Leydig (n=6/group). Sertoli cells (SC), spermatogonia (SG), primary spermatocytes (PS), spermatids (SP), and sperm and Leydig cells (LC) in the following treatment groups: (A) naïve control; (B) vehicle + stress; (C) Sildenafil citrate 5mg/kg + stress; (D) Tianeptine 15mg/kg + stress; (E)–(G) A. occidentale at doses of 25, 100, and 200 mg/kg+stress, respectively.

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