Zearalenone induces male germ cell apoptosis in rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Kim, Il Hwan ^a   Son, Hwa Young ^b   Cho, Sung Whan ^b   Ha, Chang Su ^a   Kang, Boo Hyon ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Toxicology   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Testicular toxicity; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; ZEARALENONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GERM CELL; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; ZEARALENONE;

ZEA;

EID: 0037416726     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00405-8     Document Type: Article

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