Reproductive toxicity of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in selenium- supplemented and selenium-deficient rats

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-389

  Erkekoglu, Pínar ^a   Zeybek, N Dilara ^a   Giray, Belma ^a   Asan, Esin ^a   Arnaud, Josiane ^b   Hincal, Filiz ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Domaine Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

Di(ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP); FSH; LH; Phthalates; Selenium deficiency; Selenium supplementation; Sperm; Testicular histopathology; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PROTECTIVE AGENT; SELENIUM; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LIVER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79957636982     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01480545.2010.547499     Document Type: Article

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