Parabens in male infertility-Is there a mitochondrial connection?

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Tavares, Renata S ^a   Martins, Fátima C ^b   Oliveira, Paulo J ^a   Ramalho Santos, João ^a   Peixoto, Francisco P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Infertility; Male; Mitochondria; Parabens; Rat testis

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; PARABENS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 58749116602     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2008.10.002     Document Type: Review

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