Fig. 9

Electron micrograph of a sections of testis of (control water, corn oil and quercetin) rats showing (a) basal lamina (Bm) of seminiferous tubules and spermatogonia (Sg) (Scale bar = 2 µm), b Sertoli cells (Sc) having triangular nucleus and primary spermatocytes (Ps) having mitochondria (M) and large spherical nuclei (Scale bar = 2 µm), c spermatids (Sd) with spherical nucleus, Note the differentiated part of acrosome (a) (Scale bar = 2 µm), d cross section of sperms' tails (Sp) at the level of mid piece (Scale bar = 2 µm), e higher magnification of d showing cross section of a spermatozoan (Sp) at the mid piece containing 9 mitochondria (M) and microtubules (Mi) (Scale bar = 100 nm) and f Leydig cell (Lc) with normal nucleus (N) and marked increase in lipid droplets (Li) (Scale bar = 2 µm)