The influence of soybean riches of phytoestrogens diet in mouse testis histological structure
Sliwa, L.
Folia Medica Cracoviensia 46(1-2): 121-131
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-5616 PMID: 17037293 Document Number: 584947
Soybean diet, a rich source of phytoestrogenes, affects negatively on the potential fecundity in male mice. It causes spermatogenesis impairment which is manifested by changes in testicular histology. Germ epithelium becomes darker and sheds and a number of produced spermatozoa decreases. On the other hand a number of testicular macrophages significantly rises in Leydig glands.