Panax ginseng effects on DNA damage, CYP1A1 expression and histopathological changes in testes of rats exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2237-2244

  Lee, Ju Han ^a   Sul, Donggeun ^a   Oh, Eunha ^a   Jung, Woon Won ^b   Hwang, Kwang Woo ^c   Hwang, Tae Sung ^a   Lee, Keon Cheol ^d   Won, Nam Hee ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b MyGene Bioscience Institute   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 TCDD; CYP1A1; DNA damage; Panax ginseng; RT PCR; Testes

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; GINSENG EXTRACT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTOXICITY; GINSENG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA; PANAX GINSENG; RATTUS;

EID: 34748904848     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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