Impact of organic hydroperoxides on rat testicular tissue and epididymal sperm

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6416-6424

  Aboua, Yapo G ^a   Du Plessis, Stefan S ^b   Brooks, Nicole ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Hydroperoxide; Lipid peroxidation; Motility; Sperm; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; GLUTATHIONE; PLACEBO; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 71949106413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.773     Document Type: Article

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