Protective effect of vitamin E against carbendazim-induced testicular toxicity-histopathological evidences and reduced residue levels in testis and serum

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 813-821

  Rajeswary, Sivasankaran ^a   Mathew, Nisha ^b   Akbarsha, Mohammad Abdulkader ^c   Kalyanasundram, Muthuswamy ^b   Kumaran, Bassouvalingam ^a  

^a Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Post Graduate Studies   (India)

^b VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbendazim; Histopathology; HPLC; Serum; Testis; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARBENDAZIM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTICULAR TOXICITY; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARBAMATES; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; VITAMIN E;

RATTUS;

EID: 35748953096     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-007-0204-7     Document Type: Article

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