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The present study was endeavored to investigate the mitigatory aspect of FHPD on arsenic stimulated testicular apoptosis. Adult male rats were maintained on either normal diet as control (Gr I, n\u00a0=\u00a08) and arsenic (As2O3) treated at a dose of 3\u00a0mg\/kg\/rat\/day (Gr II, n\u00a0=\u00a08) or on isocaloric FHPD as supplemented (Gr III, n\u00a0=\u00a08) with same dose of arsenic for 30 consecutive days. Testicular histomorphometry, spermatokinetics, testicular functional marker enzymes, serum gonadotrophins, oxidative stress markers, testicular deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage, and apoptosis markers were evaluated to assess the reprotoxicity of arsenic and subsequent protection by FHPD. FHPD protected the histopathological alterations and also restored normal spermatogenesis. Altered enzymatic activities of testicular functional markers like lactate dehydrogenase, \u03b3-glutamyl transferase, acid phosphatase, and alkaline phosphatase were also regularized. FHPD also reinstated the normal level of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinising hormone (LH), and also normalized the enzymatic activities of testicular glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase. Testicular DNA damage was also prevented by FHPD supplementation. Testicular apoptosis marked by the altered messenger ribonucleic acid and protein expression of apoptotic markers like Bax, Bcl-2, caspase 9, and caspase 3 were also attenuated upon FHPD supplementation along with diminution of arsenic accumulation in testicular tissues. 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