Effect of lead and cadmium co-exposure on testicular steroid metabolism and antioxidant system of adult male rats

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 813-822

  Pandya, C ^a,b   Pillai, P ^a   Nampoothiri, L P ^a   Bhatt, N ^a   Gupta, S ^a,c  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b Koba Institutional Area   (India)

^c Gupta Pathological Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Cadmium; Lead; Reactive oxygen species; Testis

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM ACETATE; CATALASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEAD ACETATE; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTICULAR STEROID METABOLISM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; LEAD; MALE; RATS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84861492297     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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