The distribution of polychlorobiphenyls (environmental pollutants) in the reproductive organs and fatty tissues of rats was analyzed and selective accumulation of the toxicants in the epididymis, but not in the ovaries, was demonstrated. Reduction of the fertilizing activity of the ejaculate after chronic exposure to polychlorobiphenyls was detected. Mechanisms of spermatogenic dysfunction under conditions of high technogenic load are discussed.
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Translated from Byulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 146, No. 7, pp. 76–79, July, 2008
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Gromenko, D.S., Galimov, S.N., Amirova, Z.K. et al. Gonadotoxic effect of polychlorobiphenyls. Bull Exp Biol Med 146, 70–72 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-008-0206-3
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