Effects of lonidamine on testicular and epididymal proteins in the rat

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 257-263

  Leone, Maria Grazia ^a   Grippa, Eleonora ^a   Guidolin, Diego ^b   Tita, Beatrice ^a   Abdel Haq, Hanin ^a   Gatto, Maria Teresa ^a   Bordi, Federica ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^c   Silvestrini, Bruno ^a   Saso, Luciano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Fidia Advanced Biopolymers   (Italy)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

1 Inhibitor 3; 1 Macroglobulin; 2 Macroglobulin; Antispermatogenic drugs; Concanavalin A; Lonidamine; SDS PAGE; Testicular and epididymal proteins

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALPHA 1-INHIBITOR 3; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ANTISPERMATOGENIC AGENT; CONCANAVALIN A; INDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LONIDAMINE; MACROGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; ORGAN WEIGHT; PATHOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; ANTISPERMATOGENIC AGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INDAZOLES; MACROGLOBULINS; MALE; ORCHITIS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034095831     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(00)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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