Taghreed Jabbar Humadai*, Bushra Ibrahim AL-Kaisei
... light of this study was tetrodotoxin has a harmful toxic effect on rats that reflected on oxidative stress and increase IL1 and TNF alpha expression also induce hypospermatogenisis in testes and sperm stasis in epididymis. So, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the toxic effect of tetrodotoxin on the histological structure of male reproductive system and oxidative stress induction in male albino rats. The me...
Taghreed Jabbar Humadai*, Bushra Ibrahim Al-Kaisei
...aperitoneal injection of tetrodotoxin (TTX) on liver of male albino rats. At the age of 8–9 weeks and weighing 190–200 gm, 60 male albino rats were separated into 3 groups: First group of 20 rats received distilled water and regular pellets. Second group of 20 rats received weekly injections of 0.5 µg/kg b.w. by I/P route, which was equivalent to 1/20 LD50 of tetrodotoxin. Third group of 20 rats received we...
