Protective effect of lipoic acid on cyclophosphamide-induced testicular toxicity

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 114-119

  Selvakumar, Elangovan ^a   Prahalathan, Chidambaram ^a   Sudharsan, Periyasamy Thandavan ^a   Varalakshmi, Palaninathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Lipoic acid; Marker enzymes; Reactive oxygen species; Testicular toxicity; Thiols

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; ISOENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOCTIC ACID; THIOL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TESTIS; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33645831329     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.11.034     Document Type: Article

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