The effect of maternal exposure to flaxseed on spermatogenesis in F1 generation rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-334

  Sprando, R L ^a   Collins, T F X ^a   Black, T N ^a   Olejnik, N ^a   Rorie, J I ^a   Scott, M ^a   Wiesenfeld, P ^a   Babu, U S ^a   O'Donnell, M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flaxmeal; Flaxseed; Rat; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

LINSEED OIL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST MEAL; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLAX; GENITALIA, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEEDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034112872     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00165-9     Document Type: Article

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