Effects of melatonin on testicular tissue nitric oxide level and antioxidant enzyme activities in experimentally induced left varicocele

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 86-90

  Semercioz, Atilla ^a   Onur, Rahmi ^a   Ogras, Sezai ^a   Orhan, Irfan ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Reactive oxygen species; Testis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM LAYER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFERTILITY; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS INJURY; VARICOCELE; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 0038218497     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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