Potential protective effect on key steroidogenesis and metabolic enzymes and sperm abnormalities by fenugreek steroids in testis and epididymis of surviving diabetic rats

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 146-155

  Hamden, Khaled ^a   Jaouadi, Bassem ^b   Carreau, Serge ^c   Aouidet, Abdallah ^d   El Fazaa, Saloua ^e   Gharbi, Najoua ^e   Elfeki, Abdelfattah ^a  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Fenugreek steroids; Metabolism; Sperm; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FRUCTOSE; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; FENUGREEK; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SECRETION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS; TIME; DRUG EFFECTS; SECRETION (PROCESS); TRIGONELLA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRADIOL; FRUCTOSE; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; RATS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; STEROIDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TRIGONELLA;

RATTUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 77954800294     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: 17444160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13813455.2010.486405     Document Type: Article

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