Prunus armeniaca L (apricot) protects rat testes from detrimental effects of low-dose x-rays

Nutrition Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-208

  Ugras, Murat Y ^a   Kurus, Meltem ^a   Ates, Burhan ^a   Soylemez, Haluk ^a   Otlu, Ali ^a   Yilmaz, ismet ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Apricot, Irradiation; Low dose; Oxidative stress; Rat; Testis; X ray

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APRICOT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE DISPLAY; JOHNSEN SCORE; LEYDIG CELL; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CELL COUNT; DIET; FERTILITY; FRUIT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRUNUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; X-RAYS;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952245205     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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