Dihydroxy-isosteviol-methyl-ester, an active biological component of Pulsatilla nigricans, reduces arsenic induced cellular dysfunction in testis of male mice

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 743-752

  Samadder, Asmita ^a   Das, Jayeeta ^a   Das, Sreemanti ^a   Khuda Bukhsh, Anisur Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Mice; Oxidative stress; Pulsatilla nigricans; Signal proteins; Sodium arsenite

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; ARSENITE SODIUM; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; DIHYDROXYISOSTEVIOL METHYL ESTER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PULSATILLA NIGRICANS EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSATILLA; PULSATILLA NIGRICANS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARSENIC; DITERPENES, KAURANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PULSATILLA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TESTIS;

MUS; PULSATILLA;

EID: 84871740319     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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