Evaluation of male germ cell toxicity in rats: Correlation between sperm head morphology and sperm comet assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 703, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Trivedi, P P ^a   Kushwaha, S ^a   Tripathi, D N ^a   Jena, G B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Doxorubicin; Oxidative stress; Rat; Sperm comet assay; Sperm head morphology

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BODY WEIGHT; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOXORUBICIN; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78549274323     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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