Conclusion
Based on these broad observations, one could argue that both nutraceuticals tested in the current study have improved the spermatogenic and steroidogenic functions in male rats. Though one cannot unravel the exact mechanism(s) whereby both natural drugs have exerted their beneficial actions, however their anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects observed in the present work maybe one of the culprits behind this issue. Besides, their unique up-regulatory effects on occludin expression in testicular tissue could possibly account to their protective effects on gonadal tissue as they restored the integrity of the basement membrane whose complex network structure compiles many of the junctional proteins and adherence molecules and other adaptor proteins. So, by restoring the tight junction integrity the blood testes barrier acts once again as a defense mechanism against various xenobiotics such as acrylamide.