Effect of an anti-thyroid drug, 2,8-Dimercapto-6-hydroxy purine on reproduction in male rats

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 401-406

  Jahan, Sarwat ^a   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a   Emanuel, Erum ^a   Fatima, Ismat ^b   Ahmed, Hussain ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antithyroid drug; Rats; Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

2,8 DIMERCAPTO 6 HYDROXYPURINE; ANTITHYROID AGENT; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELLS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRATESTICULAR CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84860622725     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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