Pro-oxidant effect of vitamin C coadministration with bisphenol A, nonylphenol, and octylphenol on the reproductive tract of male rats

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-203

  Aydoǧan, Müfide ^a   Korkmaz, Asli ^a   Barlas, Nurhayat ^a   Kolankaya, Dürdane ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Male reproductive tract; Nonylphenol; Octylphenol; Oxidative stress; Rat

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; NONYLPHENOL; OCTYLPHENOL; OLIVE OIL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77949908689     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01480540903286468     Document Type: Article

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