Embryonic exposure to octylphenol induces changes in testosterone levels and disrupts reproductive efficiency in rats at their adulthood

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 983-990

  Sainath, S B ^a   Meena, R ^a   Venkata Suneel Kumar, C H ^a   Kalapana, P ^a   Swetha, K N ^a   Syamala Devi, N ^a   Sreenivasula Reddy, P ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Male reproduction; Octylphenol; Pre and post implantation losses; Serum testosterone; Sperm; Steroidogenic marker enzymes

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; OCTYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79952450903     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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