Protective effect of theaflavins on cadmium-induced testicular toxicity in male rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3243-3250

  Wang, Wenxiang ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Liu, Jin ^a   Wang, Jieying ^a   Li, Yuchen ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Zhang, Wenchang ^a   Liao, Huizhen ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Testis; Theaflavins; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; DNA; FOLLITROPIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SEX HORMONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; THEAFLAVIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FECES LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIFLAVONOIDS; CADMIUM; CATECHIN; DNA DAMAGE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84864114863     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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