The protective effects of melatonin and Vitamin E on antioxidant enzyme activities and epididymal sperm characteristics of homocysteine treated male rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-231

  Sönmez, Mustafa ^a   Yüce, Abdurrauf ^a   Türk, Gaffari ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Rat; Sperm; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; ROVIMIX; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA, MALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846799374     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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