Assessment of imidacloprid toxicity on reproductive organ system of adult male rats

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 434-444

  Bal, Ramazan ^a   Türk, Gaffari ^a   Tuzcu, Mehmet ^a   Yilmaz, Okkes ^a   Kuloglu, Tuncay ^a   Gundogdu, Ramazan ^a   Gür, Seyfettin ^a   Agca, Ali ^b   Ulas, Mustafa ^a   Çambay, Zafer ^a   Tuzcu, Zeynep ^b   Gencoglu, Hasan ^a   Guvenc, Mehmet ^c   Ozsahin, Ayse Dilek ^a   Kocaman, Nevin ^a   Aslan, Abdullah ^a   Etem, Ebru ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BINGOL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

apoptosis; fatty acid composition; Imidacloprid; neonicotinoids; sperm characteristics; testis

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; IMIDACLOPRIDS; NEONICOTINOIDS; SPERM CHARACTERISTICS; TESTIS;

DETERIORATION; INSECTICIDES; RATS; TOXICITY;

CELL DEATH;

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABNORMALITY; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; IMIDACLOPRID; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; SPERM;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ORGAN SIZE; PESTICIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84859327449     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2012.663311     Document Type: Article

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