Toxicological potential of mycotoxin MT81 and its benzoylated derivative on testicular spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis in mature male Wistar albino rats

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 426-433

  Choudhury, Sujata Maiti ^a   Gupta, Malaya ^b   Majumder, Upal Kanti ^b  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

5 3 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; MT81 and benzoylated MT81; percentage of motile sperm; sperm count; testicular spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MT81; MYCOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MALE STERILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TOXICOLOGY; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; MYCOTOXINS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY TESTS;

MUS; PENICILLIUM JANCZEWSKII; RATTUS;

EID: 79957533192     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2011.552535     Document Type: Article

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