Quercetin protects against testicular toxicity induced by chronic administration of therapeutic dose of quinine sulfate in rats

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-44

  Farombi, Ebenezer O ^a   Ekor, Martins ^a   Adedara, Isaac A ^a   Tonwe, Kingsley E ^a   Ojujoh, Timi O ^a   Oyeyemi, Matthew O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Quercetin; Quinine sulfate; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; QUERCETIN; QUININE SULFATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; QUININE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL PROTECTION; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOPROTECTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUERCETIN; QUININE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865652435     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2011-0029     Document Type: Article

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