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Basic Science Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2011 Mar 15; 4(1):54-59. doi:10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2011.0158 Basic Science OPEN?ACCESS Effects of Soya Beans Supplements on Fertility in Male Wistar Rats Olusola Atilade Adeeyo , Emmanuel Oluwatobi Salawu , Ibidun Julian Ola , Waheed Adeoye Saka , Gbadebo Emmanuel Adeleke , Olasupo 1 2 1 2 3 Stephen Adeniyi 4 1 Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ladoke 2 3 Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria; Department of Physiology, College of Health Sciences, Benue State 4 University, Makurdi,Benue State, Nigeria Abstract Citation: Adeeyo OA, Salawu EO, Ola IJ, Saka WA, Adeleke GE, Adeniyi OS. Effects of Soya Beans Supplements on Fertility in Male Wistar Rats.MacedJMedSci.2011 Mar 15; 4(1):54-59. doi.10.3889/MJMS.1957-5773.2011.0158. Background. Being a cheap source of protein and oil, soya beans (SB) has being important in peoples’ food and in animal’s feeds. However, some of its components pose infertility threats. This makes the decision for its consumption hard. Aim. To determine a safe level, the maximum harmless proportion of food that could be made up by SB is examined in this study. Key words: Soya beans; male fertility; Wistar rats; phytochemicals; sperm; epididymis; Glycine max L. Material and Methods. Twenty-four adult male Wister rats,