Amelioration of vanadium-induced testicular toxicity and adrenocortical hyperactivity by vitamin E acetate in rats

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 189-200

  Chandra, Amar K ^a   Ghosh, Rituparna ^a   Chatterjee, Aparajita ^a   Sarkar, Mahitosh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Antioxidant enzymes; Lipid peroxidation; Steroidogenic enzymes; Testis; Vanadium; VitaminE acetate

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATALASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADOTROPIN; LIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; VANADIUM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERM CELL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADRENAL CORTEX; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRACE ELEMENTS; VANADIUM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 35548931979     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-007-9569-4     Document Type: Article

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