Lactational hexavalent chromium exposure-induced oxidative stress in rat uterus is associated with delayed puberty and impaired gonadotropin levels

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-101

  Samuel, Jawahar B ^a,b   Stanley, Jone A ^b   Roopha, Dailiah P ^a   Vengatesh, Ganapathy ^b   Anbalagan, Jaganathan ^b   Banu, Sakhila K ^c   Aruldhas, Michael M ^b  

^a Department of Zoology   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chromium; gonadotropins; oxidative stress; ROS; uterus

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CHROMIUM; FOLLITROPIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MILK; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; LACTATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 79551542411     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110364638     Document Type: Article

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