Protective Effect of Melatonin on Nonylphenol-Induced Reproductive and Behavioral Disorders in First-Generation Adult Male Rats

Table 2

Mean (±SD) of the diameter of seminiferous tubules, the thickness of the epithelium, the cross-sectional area of seminiferous tubules, the cross-sectional area of the epithelium of seminiferous tubules, number of seminiferous tubules, and count of spermatocytes and spermatogonia between groups ().

Groups	Cross-sectional area of seminiferous tubules (μm^2)	Cross-sectional area of seminiferous tubule epithelium (μm^2)	Thickness of epithelium (μm)	Diameter of seminiferous tubules (μm)	Number of spermatocytes	Number of spermatogonia	Number of seminiferous tubules
Control	^a	^a	^a	^b	^a	^a	^a
NP	^b	^b	^b	^b	^b	^b	^b
NP+MLT10	^a	^b	^a,b	^b	^a	^b	^a
NP+ LT20	^a	7^b	^a,b	^b	^a	^a	^a
MLT20	^a	1^a	^a	^b	^a	^a	^a

Significant difference between the groups shown with different letters (a and b) (; one-way ANOVA followed by Duncan’s test).