Aroclor 1254 impairs spermatogenesis and induces oxidative stress in rat testicular mitochondria

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1733-1738

  Aly, Hamdy A A ^a,b   Domènech, Òscar ^b   Abdel Naim, Ashraf B ^c  

^a Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aroclor 1254; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIDIDYMIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; CATALASE; CHLORODIPHENYL (54% CHLORINE); GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68649111598     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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