Effect of malathion on the male reproductive organs of earthworms, Eisenia foetida

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-101

  Espinoza Navarro, Omar ^a,c   Bustos Obregón, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Eisenia foetida; Malathion; Reproductive organs

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DNA FRAGMENT; MALATHION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA STRUCTURE; EARTHWORM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LD 50; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALATHION; MALE; OLIGOCHAETA; REPRODUCTION; S PHASE; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14944342946     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2005.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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