Quercetin prevents 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced testicular damage in rats

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-173

  Ciftci, O ^a   Aydin, M ^b   Ozdemir, I ^a   Vardi, N ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 TCDD; Quercetin; Testicular damage; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CORN OIL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; QUERCETIN; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS INJURY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84860234754     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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