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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1061</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>EFFECT OF PYRIPROXYFEN ON FUNCTION AND TISSUE OF TESTIS IN ADULT RAT&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname/><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname/><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Saeid</surname><given-names>Khatamsaz</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>2</day><month>11</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>66</fpage><lpage>74</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: Pyriproxyfen is a pyridine insecticide and used in agriculture widely. Extensive application&#13;
of pyriproxyfen to control annual insect pest in agriculture, horticulture and horn garden, leads to&#13;
environmental pollution and its entrance into the food chain could have determined effects on human&#13;
and other species. In this research the effects of pyriproxyfen on reproductive parameters of the male&#13;
rats including serum LH, FSH, testosterone levels, and changes in testicular tissue and body weight&#13;
were investigated.&#13;
Methods: For this purpose 250 ? 5g male Wistar strain rats (n = 50) were randomly collected and&#13;
divided into 5 group of 10, including control, sham (received distilled water 70%+ethanol 20%+aceton&#13;
10%as a solvent), and three experimental groups which received 1000, 2000 and 4000 mg/kg/bw&#13;
pyriproxyfen orally. After 28 days, body and testis weight were measured and blood samples were&#13;
taken from heart and used for measurement of LH, FSH and testosterone levels. To evaluate&#13;
histological changes, testes were removed and weighed and, after obtaining tissue section, stained by H&#13;
and E method.&#13;
Results: Serum testosterone, FSH, and LH levels showed significant decreasing in experimental groups&#13;
(p ? 0.05). There was significant decreasing in the number of germinal and somatic cells in testis in&#13;
experimental groups. There was also a significant decreasing in body and testis weight in experimental&#13;
groups, as compared to control group.&#13;
Conclusion: It can be concluded that oral administration of pyriproxyfen could reduction&#13;
gonadotropins and testosterone hormone levels and also this insecticide might have hazardous effects&#13;
on testis tissue.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Pyriproxyfen</kwd><kwd>Testosterone</kwd><kwd> Gonadotropins</kwd><kwd> Testis</kwd><kwd> Rat</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
