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From: Effects of a new thyrotropic drug isolated from Potentilla alba on the male reproductive system of rats and offspring development

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Effects of PADE on sperm formation and testicular structure. a A pathological form of spermatozoon in rats receiving PADE 125 mg/kg for 60 days, an arrow indicates a spermatozoon with an attached tail to the head; b Testis of control male rat, tubules at different stages of the spermatogenic epithelium cycle; c Testicular interstitial tissue of control male rats, large light glandular Leydig cells; d Testis of a rat receiving PADE 125 mg/kg for 60 days, tubules at different stages of the spermatogenic epithelium cycle, Disorganization of the germinal epithelium, reduction of tubules with mature sperm; e Interstitial tissue of rats receiving 25 mg/kg PADE for 60 days, small pyknotic Leydig cells. Hematoxylin-eosin stain. Magnification B and D × 200 and C and E × 400

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