Vitamin E-supplementation protect chromium (VI)-induced spermatogenic and steroidogenic disorders in testicular tissues of rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 972-979

  Chandra, Amar K ^a   Chatterjee, Aparajita ^a   Ghosh, Rituparna ^a   Sarkar, Mahitosh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Chromium; Oxidative damage; Sperm count; Testis; Testosterone; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATALASE; CHROMIUM 51; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACCESSORY SEX ORGAN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHROMIUM 51 RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DISEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CATALASE; CHROMIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; STEROIDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 76749122253     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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