Testicular toxicity of dibromoacetonitrile and possible protection by tertiary butylhydroquinone

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-515

  Abdel Wahab, Mohamed H ^a  

^a Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dibromoacetonitrile; Mice; Oxidative stress; Tertiary butylhydroquinone; Testes

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; DIBROMOACETONITRILE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; TERT BUTYLHYDROQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR TOXICITY; TESTIS; TOXICITY;

EID: 0038415032     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-6618(03)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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