Dietary Antioxidant, Quercetin, Protects Sertoli-Germ Cell Coculture from Atrazine-Induced Oxidative Damage

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 477-485

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

^a REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Atrazine; MRNA Expression; Oxidative Stress; Quercetin; Sertoli Germ Cells

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATRAZINE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENZYME INDUCTION; HERBICIDES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84870297577     PISSN: 10956670     EISSN: 10990461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.21449     Document Type: Article

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