Evaluation of testicular toxicity following short-term exposure to cypermethrin in albino mice

Toxicology International

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-21

  Prakash, N ^a   Vijay Kumar, M ^a   Sunilchandra, U ^a   Pavithra, B H ^a   Pawar, A ^a  

^a VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cypermethrin; Albino mice; histopathology; testes; testosterone; ultrastructural changes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARACHIS OIL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CIPERMETHRIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TOXICITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS; MUS;

EID: 77956814642     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.68344     Document Type: Article

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