Melatonin modulates acute testicular damage induced by carbon ions in mice

Pharmazie

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 685-689

  Liu, Yang ^a,b   Zhang, Hong ^a,c   Zhang, Luwei ^a,c   Zhang, Xu ^c   Xie, Yi ^a,c   Zhao, Weiping ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; TESTIS INJURY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; COMET ASSAY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CARBON; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MICE; MUTATION; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

EID: 74949094319     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2009.9067     Document Type: Article

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