The reproductive toxicity of molinate and metabolites to the male rat: Effects on testosterone and sperm morphology

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-32

  Ellis, Martin K ^a,b   Richardson, Alison G ^a   Foster, John R ^a   Smith, Fiona M ^a   Widdowson, Peter S ^a,c   Farnworth, Michael J ^a   Moore, Richard B ^a   Pitts, Michael R ^a   De S Wickramaratne, G Ashley ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; MOLINATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031754463     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8371     Document Type: Article

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