Table 2. Effects of different lengths of exposure to 750 mg/kg of phthalate on seminiferous Tubule Count of male Wistar rats.
GROUP nMA/field nATR/field nSL/field nN/field % of Normal
A (Control) - - - 38 100
B (1 Week) 2 4 3 21 70
C (3 Weeks) 2 29 2 12 26.6
D (5 Weeks) 1 7 3 3 21.4
E (7 Weeks) 2 7 - 15 60
F (9 Weeks) 1 6 8 18 55

MA: Maturation arrest, ATR: Atrophy, SL: Sloughed germ cells, N:Normal, n: Number