Reproductive toxicity of methomyl insecticide in male rats and protective effect of folic acid

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3221-3226

  Shalaby, M A ^a   El Zorba, H Y ^a   Ziada, Reem M ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fertility; Histopathology; Male rats; Methomyl; Sperms; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METHOMYL; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LD 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FERTILITY; FOLIC ACID; GENITALIA; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; METHOMYL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77957361837     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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