Protective effect of melatonin on fluoride-induced oxidative stress and testicular dysfunction in rats

Fluoride

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-124

  Rao, Mandava V ^a   Bhatta, Rajendra N ^a  

^a GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoride testis toxicity; Melatonin as antioxidant; Oxidative stress; Rat testis; Testicular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GERM LAYER; GONAD FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84867922690     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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