Protective effect of hemin against cadmium-induced testicular damage in rats

Toxicology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Fouad, Amr A ^a   Qureshi, Habib A ^a   Al Sultan, Ali Ibrahim ^a   Yacoubi, Mohamed T ^a   Ali, Abdellah Abusrie ^a  

^a Division of Anatomy and Histology   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Hemin; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Testes

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEMIN; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC IX; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS INJURY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CADMIUM POISONING; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTATHIONE; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HEMIN; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDANTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

RATTUS;

EID: 60249090785     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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