The effects of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) on the male rat reproductive system

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2402-2408

  Li, Dongmei ^a   Yuan, Chuntao ^a   Gong, Yi ^a   Huang, Yufeng ^b   Han, Xiaodong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE); Oxidative stress; Reproductive system; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYGUANINE; ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANIMALS; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 44749093662     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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