A broad-spectrum organophosphate pesticide O,O-dimethyl O-4-nitrophenyl phosphorothioate (methyl parathion) adversely affects the structure and function of male accessory reproductive organs in the rat

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-324

  Narayana, K ^a   Prashanthi, N ^b   Nayanatara, A ^b   Kumar, S Ganesh ^c   Kumar, H Harish Chandra ^b   Bairy, K L ^d   D'Souza, Urban J A ^e  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Fertility; Gonadotoxicity; p Nitrophenol; Pesticides; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION METHYL; PROTEIN; URIC ACID;

ACCESSORY SEX ORGAN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM; VAS DEFERENS;

HEXAPODA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33748968509     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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