Impacts of ascorbic acid and thiamine supplementation at different concentrations on lead toxicity in testis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 82-88

  Wang, Chunhong ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Liang, Jiancheng ^a   Shan, Guang ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Shi, Qun ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ascorbic acid; DNA damage; Lead acetate; Testis; Thiamine

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CASPASE 3; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; THIAMINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEAD; MALE; MICE; TESTIS; THIAMINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746084114     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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