Effect of chronic ethanol administration on testicular antioxidant system and steroidogenic enzyme activity in rats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 445-449

  Maneesh, M ^c   Jayalekshmi, H ^a   Dutta, Sanjiba ^a   Chakrabarti, Amit ^a   Vasudevan, D M ^a,b  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ethanol; Rats; Steroids; Testes

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18844376151     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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