Exposure to high fluoride concentration in drinking water will affect spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis in male albino rats

BioMetals

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Pushpalatha, T ^a   Srinivas, M ^a   Sreenivasula Reddy, P ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Male rat; Sodium fluoride; Sperm; Steroidogenic marker enzymes; Testes

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE SODIUM; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; WATER CONTENT;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; FLUORIDES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; STEROIDS; WATER;

EID: 18844406259     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-005-0336-2     Document Type: Article

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