Table 2 Total tubular area (TA), seminiferous epithelium area (EA) and number of Sertoli cells (SC), spermatocytes (Sp) and spermatids (St) per tubule of animals from control (C-30 and C-60) and tacrolimus (T-30 and T-60) groups

C-30

88,167 ± 4,885

81,587 ± 4,766

12.36 ± 0.49

118.6 ± 9.9

228.9 ± 13.7

T-30

68,889 ± 5,739*

64,051 ± 5,712*

10.22 ± 0.38*

70.7 ± 8.9*

94.8 ± 20.0*

C-60

108,812 ± 8,044

101,580 ± 7,035

13.00 ± 0.48

102.1 ± 11.1

207.2 ± 20.2

T-60

93,376 ± 7,455*

87,478 ± 7,160*

9.70 ± 0.14*

72.8 ± 9.0*

141.6 ± 7.1*