Ameliorative Effects of Curcumin on the Seminiferous Epithelium in Metronidazole-Treated Mice:A Stereological Study

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-371

  Noorafshan, Ali ^a   Karbalay Doust, Saied ^a   Valizadeh, Armita ^a   Aliabadi, Elham ^a   Mirkhani, Hossein ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

curcumin; metronidazole; seminiferous epithelium; stereology

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; GERM LAYER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CURCUMIN; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICE; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATIDS;

ANIMALIA; CURCUMA LONGA; MUS;

EID: 77952539330     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623310362248     Document Type: Article

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