Can vitamins C and E restore the androgen level and hypersensitivity of the vas deferens in hyperglycemic rats?

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 983-991

  Fernandes, Glaura S A ^a   Gerardin, Daniela C C ^b   Assumpção, Thaiane A ^c   Campos, Kleber E ^c   Damasceno, Débora C ^c   Pereira, Oduvaldo C M ^c   Kempinas, Wilma D G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hyperglycemia; Male rat; Male reproductive system; Norepinephrine; Testosterone; Vas deferens; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TYRAMINE;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 80053357348     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1734-1140(11)70614-4     Document Type: Article

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