Effects of dietary selenium and vitamin E concentrations on phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase expression in reproductive tissues of pubertal maturing male rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 195-206

  Lei, Xin Gen ^a   Ross, Deborah A ^a   Parks, John E ^a   Combs Jr , Gerald F ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione peroxidase; Phospholipid hydroperoxide; Rat; Reproduction; Selenium; Testicular tissues; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; LIVER; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PICHIA JADINII; TORULA;

EID: 0345214641     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02783245     Document Type: Article

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