Ginkgo biloba (EGb 761) usage attenuates testicular injury induced by testicular ischemia/reperfusion in rats

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 685-690

  Akgül, Turgay ^a   Ayyildiz, Ali ^a   Nuhoǧlu, Bariç ^a   Karagüzel, Ersagun ^a   Öǧüş, Elmas ^a   Yaǧmurdur, Hatice ^a   Üstün, Hüseyin ^a   Germiyanoǧlu, Cankon ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ginkgo biloba; Ischemia reperfusion; Nitric oxide; Testicular torsion; Testis

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; GERM CELL; GINKGO BILOBA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS TORSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRATES; NITRITES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS;

EID: 48549091992     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9296-5     Document Type: Article

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