Curcumin ameliorates aflatoxin-induced toxicity in mice spermatozoa

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 775-780

  Mathuria, Neeta ^a   Verma, Ramtej Jayram ^a  

^a GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; cauda epididymis; curcumin; motility; spermatozoa; viability

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; CURCUMIN; OLIVE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

AFLATOXINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CURCUMIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 51449096727     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1300     Document Type: Article

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