Spermatotoxic effect of aflatoxin B1 in rat: Extrusion of outer dense fibres and associated axonemal microtubule doublets of sperm flagellum

Reproduction

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-310

  Faisal, K ^a   Periasamy, V S ^a   Sahabudeen, S ^b   Radha, A ^a   Anandhi, R ^a   Akbarsha, M A ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; AFLATOXIN B1; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AFLATOXIN B1; ANIMALS; AXONEME; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPIDIDYMIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROTUBULES; POISONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; TESTIS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 41049087209     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-07-0367     Document Type: Article

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