Antitesticular effect of copper chloride in albino rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 393-397

  Chattopadhyay, Alok ^a   Sarkar, Mahitosh ^a   Sengupta, Ronojoy ^a   Roychowdhury, Gargi ^a   Biswas, Narendra Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Copper; Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Rat; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

COPPER CHLORIDE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033402535     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.24.5_393     Document Type: Article

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