Protective effects of melatonin and Glycyrrhiza glabra extract on ochratoxin A-induced damages on testes in mature rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-123

  Malekinejad, Hassan ^a   Mirzakhani, Navideh ^a   Razi, Mazdak ^a   Cheraghi, Hadi ^a   Alizadeh, Arash ^a   Dardmeh, Fereshteh ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

antioxidant; Glycyrrhiza glabra extract; melatonin; ochratoxin A; testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; MELATONIN; OCHRATOXIN; THIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS INJURY; TISSUE DEGENERATION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GLYCYRRHIZA; MALE; MELATONIN; OCHRATOXINS; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; RATTUS;

EID: 79551523775     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110368416     Document Type: Article

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