Effect of oral administration of terephthalic acid on testicular functions of rats

Toxicology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 59-66

  Cui, Lunbiao ^a   Dai, Guidong ^a   Xu, Lichun ^a   Wang, Shouling ^a   Song, Ling ^a   Zhao, Renzhen ^a   Xiao, Hang ^a   Zhou, Jianwei ^a   Wang, Xinru ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Daily sperm production; Sorbitol dehydrogenase; Sperm motility; Terephthalic acid; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; L-IDITOL 2-DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 3543138258     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.03.024     Document Type: Article

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