Effect of curcumin on ipsilateral and contralateral testes after unilateral testicular torsion in a rat model

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-207

  Basaran, Umit Nusret ^a   Dokmeci, Dikmen ^a   Yalcin, Omer ^a   Inan, Mustafa ^a   Kanter, Mehmet ^a   Aydogdu, Nurettin ^a   Turan, Nesrin ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contralateral testis injury; Curcumin, protective effect; INOS and eNOS immunohistochemistry; Johnsen's testicular biopsy score; Testicular ischemia reperfusion injury; Unilateral testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS TORSION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CURCUMIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION;

EID: 41149174569     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112614     Document Type: Article

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