Endocrine Abstracts

Wistar rats (male) were divided into three groups – group A (GA) served as control, group B (GB) were daily administered orally chlorpyrifos at a dose of 5 mg/kg b wt. and animals in group C (GC) received daily an oral administration of chlorpyrifos at a dose of 10 mg/kg b wt. Rats were sacrificed on 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th week after initiation of the experiment. Changes in serum electrolytes (calcium, phosphate and magnesium) and endocrine glands (calcitonin cells a...