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| Title: | Effect of cigarette smoke on body weight, food intake and reproductive organs in adult albino rats |
| Authors: | Audi, Sumedha S
Abraham, Marjorie E
Borker, Abhaya S |
| Keywords: | Cigarette smoke
Ovaries
Reproductivity
Testes |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | One hour daily exposure to cigarette smoke for
two months significantly decreased the body weight and food intake in male and
female albino rats. The latency for conception increased significantly and the
litter size decreased. Mortality rate per litter increased and grayish
discoloration of the skin in the experimental group was the only congenital
anomaly seen. Testes and ovaries showed a significant decrease in weight. The
stroma of the ovaries were occupied by very few Graafian follicles. Testes
showed disruption of the normal orderly progression of the spermatogonia. The
tubules showed only one layer of spermatogonia and very few germinal cells. The
number of sperms was less in the testes. The results show that exposure to
cigarette smoke is detrimental to the reproductivity in both, male and female
albino rats. |
| Page(s): | 562-565 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1009 (Online); 0019-5189 (Print) |
| Source: | IJEB Vol.44(07) [July 2006]
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