Protective effects of Ginkgo biloba (EGb 761) on testicular torsion/detorsion-induced ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 708-713

  Kanter, Mehmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ENOS; Ginkgo biloba; Testicular torsion; TUNEL; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS TORSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GINKGO BILOBA; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; GINKGO BILOBA; RATTUS;

EID: 80053538900     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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