Deleterious effects of nicotine on the ultrastructure of oocytes: Role of γ-tocotrienol

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Rajikin, Mohd Hamim ^a   Latif, Elda Surhaida ^b   Mar, Megat Radzi ^c   Top, A Gapor Mat ^d   Mokhtar, Norfilza M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Electron Microscopy Unit   (Malaysia)

^d MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

tocotrienol; Nicotine; Oocytes; Scanning electron microscope; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CHROMANS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NICOTINE; OOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VITAMIN E; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 75149134457     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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