Epididymis-specific pathologic disorders in rats exposed to gossypol from weaning through puberty

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 730-737

  De Andrade, Sérgio Faloni ^a   Oliva, Samara Urban ^a   Klinefelter, Gary Robert ^b   Kempinas, Wilma De Grava ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Epididymis pathology; Gossypol; Male reproductive toxicology; Puberty; Rat

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GOSSYPOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEANING; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDIDYMIS; FRUCTOSE; GOSSYPOL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; WEANING;

EID: 39049174979     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230600932455     Document Type: Article

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