Table 1 Stereological measurements, expressed in percentages, obtained from the testicular components of rats of the SC, A, D and AD groups in three different phases of sexual maturation (Mean ± std. dev.)

45SC

10.12 ± 1.12

66.64 ± 2.31

8.76 ± 0.89

14.48 ± 2.87

45A

9.02 ± 0.80^c

62.38 ± 4.40

7.76 ± 0.78^{a, c}

20.84 ± 4.52 ^a

45D

11.46 ± 1.19 ^{a, b, d}

65.56 ± 2.09

6.64 ± 0.64 ^{a, b}

16.34 ± 2.00

45AD

9.40 ± 0.54 ^c

64.68 ± 1.29

6.64 ± 0.41^a

19.26 ± 1.86

60SC

5.38 ± 0.65

64.32 ± 1.37

9.70 ± 0.44

20.74 ± 1.13

60A

7.42 ± 0.47 ^{a, c, d}

69.30 ± 1.92 ^{a, c}

9.18 ± 0.28 ^c

14.10 ± 1.98^{a, c}

60D

10.56 ± 1.32 ^{a, b, d}

58.22 ± 2.24^{a, b, d}

8.42 ± 0.49^{a, b}

22.80 ± 2.61^{b, d}

60AD

9.28 ± 0.37 ^{a, b, c}

70.00 ± 1.52 ^{a, c}

8.42 ± 0.75 ^a

12.50 ± 1.87^{a, c}

90SC

10.82 ± 0.58

65.48 ± 2.33

9.30 ± 0.36

15.16 ± 1.43

90A

11.78 ± 1.07 ^{c, d}

65.00 ± 3.21^{c, d}

8.78 ± 0.76 ^{c, d}

14.42 ± 3.33^d

90D

16.40 ± 1.92^{a, b, d}

57.60 ± 2.35^{a, b, d}

6.80 ± 0.60^{a, b, d}

19.20 ± 2.32^d

90AD

8.54 ± 0.52^{a, b, c}

61.70 ± 1.59^{b, c}

7.94 ± 0.51 ^{a, b, c}

22.00 ± 2.05 ^{a, b, c}