Steroidogenesis in amlodipine treated purified Leydig cells

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Latif, Rabia ^a   Lodhi, Ghulam Mustafa ^b   Hameed, Waqas ^c   Aslam, Muhammad ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c Rehman Medical College   (Pakistan)

^d SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Anti fertility; Calcium; Fluorometry; Leydig cells; Percoll; Steroidogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; AMLODIPINE; PREGNENOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ISOLATION; CYTOSOL; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MICROFLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AMLODIPINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84855464634     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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