REPROTOXICITY AND GENOTOXICITY BY ARSENIC ENSUING TO MALE INFERTILITY IN MALE MUS MUSCULUS

摘要

Arsenic has become a major problem in arsenic contaminated areas today. Its consequences on human health have been increasing with an alarming rate. Apart from toxicological effects caused by arsenic accumulation in the body, it causes several disorders including male infertility. Arsenic has been implicated to expedite the generation of ROS and hence lipid per-oxidation leading to DNA damage, apoptosis, and malfunction of several proteins and enzymes. Reduced number of sperm cells and testosterone level is evident in myriad of literatures. Swiss albino mice were grouped as control and arsenic treated. Weight of testes of mice after arsenic treatment was found to be lower than that of control group with p-value .