Research Article

Antioxidant Potential of Parsley Leaf (Petroselinum crispum) Essential Oil on Hypothyroidism and Testicular Injury in Mice Intoxicated by Carbon Tetrachloride

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Light micrographs of testicular tissues of the experimental groups represented in (a–c). Control group (a) exhibiting regular seminiferous tubule (arrow) with normal spermatogenesis series (Sp). CCl4 group (b) demonstrating irregular and marked damage of seminiferous tubules, desquamation (D), edema (E), vacuolization (V), and congestion (C). CCl4 + PO (c) showing histological improvements. Hematoxylin and eosin staining with original magnification 400x. (d) Johnsen’s tubular biopsy score (JTBS), and the histomorphological diameter of seminiferous tubules (μm) were represented in (e). Bars with different letters are significantly different () between groups.
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