Genistein mitigates radiation-induced testicular injury

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1119-1125

  Kim, Joong Sun ^a   Heo, Kyu ^a   Yi, Joo Mi ^a   Gong, Eun Ji ^a   Yang, Kwangmo ^a   Moon, Changjong ^b   Kim, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Science   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

genistein; mice; radiation; radioprotection; sperm; testis

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE DIAMETER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM DEPTH; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GAMMA RAYS; GENISTEIN; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 84864284240     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3689     Document Type: Article

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