Evaluation of in vivo reproductive toxicity of potassium chromate in male mice

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-404

  Oliveira, Helena ^a   Spanò, Marcello ^b   Guevara, Miguel Angel ^c   Santos, Teresa Margarida ^d   Santos, Conceição ^d   Pereira, Maria de Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c Universidad de Ciego de Avila   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acrosome; DNA damage of sperm cells; Flow cytometry; Function of sperm cells; Histopathology; Potassium chromate; Testicular toxicity; Tubular diameter

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHROMATE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS CELL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATES; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MITOCHONDRIA; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 77953682830     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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