Increased lipid peroxidation and ascorbic acid utilization in testis and epididymis of rats chronically exposed to lead

BioMetals

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-19

  Marchlewicz, Mariola ^a   Wiszniewska, Barbara ^a   Gonet, Bolesław ^a   Baranowska Bosiacka, Irena ^a   Safranow, Krzysztof ^a   Kolasa, Agnieszka ^a   Głąbowski, Wojciech ^a   Kurzawa, Rafał ^a   Jakubowska, Katarzyna ^a   Rać, Monika E ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epididymis; L ascorbic acid; Lead; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; LEAD ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EPIDIDYMIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEAD POISONING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TISSUE LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33846789755     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-006-9009-z     Document Type: Article

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