Lycopene, an antioxidant carotenoid, attenuates testicular injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion in rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Hekimoglu, Askin ^a   Kurcer, Zehra ^b   Aral, Faruk ^c   Baba, Füsun ^d   Sahna, Engin ^e   Atessahin, Ahmet ^e  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Catalase; Glutathione peroxidase; Ischemia reperfusion; Lycopene; Testis

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CORN OIL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LYCOPENE; MALONALDEHYDE; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS ISCHEMIA; TESTIS TORSION; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

EID: 68549113154     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.218.141     Document Type: Article

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