Testicular toxicity of Nigerian bonny light crude oil in male albino rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 439-442

  Orisakwe, Orish Ebere ^a   Akumka, David Dezi ^b   Njan, Anoka Ayembe ^b   Afonne, Onyenmechi Johnson ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bonny light crude oil; Seminiferous tubules; Sertoli cells; Sperm cells; Testicular toxicity; Testis

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PETROLEUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DISSOLUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ETHNIC GROUP; HISTOLOGY; INFERTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NIGERIA; ORGAN SIZE; PETROLEUM; RATS; SPERM COUNT; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842735309     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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