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ON TESTIS AND EPlDlDYMlS OF RATS - Pondicherry University ...

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,nicro~o~,te-rrch ftaertons qf Ihe terrir<br />

The iCvCl of H202 In mltochondrlal and micro.<br />

some-rlch fractions of tcalis increased slgnllicantly<br />

In the animals administered with methoxychlor as<br />

compared w~th the corresponding group of con.<br />

Thc actwty of suprox~de dismulase In mitochondrisl<br />

fractions of rat testis decrea~d s~gnlfi- fro1 animals (Table 2).<br />

wurtly III lhc ~~llinv;lls troatcd with mcthoxychlor at ThC level of lipid proxidation incrcascd slgnin.<br />

the doscs of 10 and 100 mg ss wmparcd with the<br />

in mitochondr~al fractlons of rcstts at 10<br />

correspond!ng group of control animals (Table 2). and 100 doses and all the doses in mlcraromc-<br />

Adm!ntstration of varsous doses or methoxychlor rich fractions in the animals administered w~th<br />

dccrolscd thc activtty of superoxide dirmutasc methoxychlor as compared with the correspondmlCro~on~~.ri~h<br />

fractg Broup of control animals (Tablc 2).<br />

sory sex organ weights and suppression<br />

of tcsllcu.<br />

Admtnlslralion of various doses of methoxychlor<br />

decreased the actrvlty of glutath~one reductase 25 mg kg-) body weight per day (Gray el al..<br />

s~gnlficantly ~n mlcrosomc-nch fractions as corn. 1989) Rcduc~on in fert~l~ty has also been repdrcd<br />

with the corresponding group of control ported in the methoxychlor treated rats (Gray el<br />

an~mals (Tablc 21. Adm~nistration of mcthoxy a].. 1989). It has been reported that methoxychlor<br />

chlor dccrcascd the activlty ol glutathione peroa- decreased the epidtdymal spcm counts and motil.<br />

~dusc II, rnllochondrial and m~crosome-rich ~ty In adult rats (Latchoumycandane ct al..<br />

fractbons of testis as compared w~th the corre- 2002b). Female rats gavaged with methoxychlor<br />

spo~ldtng group of control animals (Table 2), at the doses of 5, 50 and 150 mg kg-' body<br />

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wx organa or *dull mt<br />

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Melhaxychlor pi Kg body wcighl per day<br />

cornre1 1 nig 10 mg IW ms<br />

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Vcntrsl pr0rt.r (mp)<br />

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