Beneficial effects of the amino acids glycine and glutamine on testis of mice treated with sodium fluoride

Fluoride

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 162-170

  Chinoy, N J ^a   Mehta, Dipti ^b  

^a GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fluoride treated mice; Glutamine; Glycine; Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Male mice; Mouse testis; Protein levels; Sodium fluoride; Succinate dehydrogenase; Testicular steroidogenesis; Testosterone; Toxicity reversal

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE SODIUM; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FLUOROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0033177883     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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