Sliwa Leopold
Zakład Biologii Rozwoju Człowieka, Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
Folia Med Cracov. 2005;46(1-2):121-31.
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.