Toxic effects of zearalenone and its derivatives α-zearalenol on male reproductive system in mice

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 381-387

  Yang, Jian Ying ^a   Wang, Guo Xin ^a   Liu, Jia Li ^a   Fan, Jing Jing ^a   Cui, Sheng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ZOL; Fertility; Male; Mouse; Semen quality; Testosterone; ZEA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ZEARALENOL; TESTOSTERONE; ZEARALENONE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUTIAL GLAND; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; ZEARALENONE; ZERANOL;

MUS;

EID: 35548965186     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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