Effects of artichoke extract supplementation on gonads of cadmium-treated rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-59

  Gurel, Ebru ^a   Caner, Metin ^a   Bayraktar, Levent ^b   Yilmazer, Nadim ^c   Dogruman, Husniye ^b   Demirci, Cihan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Terakki Foundation Schools   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artichoke; Cadmium; eNOS; Gonads; iNOS

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CYNARA SCOLYMUS EXTRACT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICHOKE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM POISONING; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; FEMALE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OVARY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; RATTUS;

EID: 35348860174     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-007-0048-2     Document Type: Article

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