Quercetin has a protective role on histopathological findings on testicular ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 479-483

  Aldemir, M ^a   Ozgun G ^a   Onen E ^a   Okulu, E ^a   Kayigil, O ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ischaemia; Quercetin; Rats; Reperfusion injury; Testis

Indexed keywords

QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTICULAR ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY; TESTICULAR VEIN; TESTIS ARTERY; TISSUE INJURY; VEIN; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; MALE; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; TESTIS;

EID: 84861514983     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01211.x     Document Type: Article

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