Reversible toxicity of fluoride and arsenic in ovary of mice

Fluoride

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-79

  Jhala, D D ^a   Nair, S B ^a   Chinoy, N J ^a,b  

^a Gujarat University ^*

^b GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

3 and 17 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (HSDs); Arsenic and ovary; Calcium; Cholesterol; Fluoride and ovary; Protein; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHOLESTEROL; FLUORIDE SODIUM; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4644289599     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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