Changes in fatty acid profiles in testis and spermatozoa of red deer exposed to metal pollution

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-352

  Castellanos, Pilar ^a   Reglero, Manuel M ^a   Taggart, Mark A ^a   Mateo, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Heavy metals; Lipids; Male reproduction; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; FATTY ACID; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; LINOLEIC ACID; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTION; RED DEER; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; COPPER; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FATTY ACIDS; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; METALS; MINING; SPAIN; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 77951620349     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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