BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences

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  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 4

Histological and Ultrastructural Study of Pituitary Gland of Pangas Catfish, Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822)

  • Author:
  • Nilesh Gorghate1, Suresh Masram*, Prakash Ghodeswar, Yogesh Bhute2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 731 to 733

1Department of Zoology, M.B. Patel College, Sadak Arjuni, Dist- Gondia (M.S.), India

Department of Zoology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur (M.S.), India

2Department of Zoology, DRB Sindhu Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur (M.S.), India

Abstract

Pituitary gland of Pangasius pangasius was examined through light microscope and transmission electron microscope (TEM). It is slightlyprotruding and forwardly directed. Hypophysis showed adenohypophysis and neurohypophysis. The adenohypophysis consists of three parts named viz. Rostral Pars Distalis (RPD), Proximal Pars Distalis (PPD) and Pars Intermedia (PI). Adenohypophysis exhibits lactotropic cells, adrenocorticotropic cells and somatotropic cells in RPD. In PPD, gonadotropic cells, somatotropic cells and thyrotropic cells were detected.

Keywords

Pituitary, Pangasius pangasius, TEM, RPD, PPD