Kolaviron biflavanoids of garcinia kola seeds protect atrazine-induced cytotoxicity in primary cultures of rat leydig cells

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-415

  Abarikwu, Sunny O ^a   Farombi, Ebenezer O ^b   Pant, Aditya B ^c  

^a REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

atrazine; interstitial Leydig cells; kolaviron; mRNA expression; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ATRAZINE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GARCINIA KOLA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KOLAVIRON; MALONALDEHYDE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOTOXICITY; GARCINIA KOLA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATRAZINE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; FLAVONOIDS; GARCINIA KOLA; GENE DOSAGE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84865004023     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581812445476     Document Type: Article

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