Protective effect of thymoquinone in experimental testicular torsion

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-465

  Gökçe, Ahmet ^a   Oktar, Suleyman ^a   Koc, Ahmet ^a   Gonenci, Ramazan ^a   Yalcinkaya, Fatih ^a   Yonden, Zafer ^a   Duru, Mehmet ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Testicular torsion; Testis; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SHAM PROCEDURE; TESTIS TORSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOQUINONES; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650970044     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318890     Document Type: Article

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