Effect of curcumin on dexamethasone-induced testicular toxicity in mice

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 206-212

  Khorsandi, Layasadat ^a   Mirhoseini, Mehri ^a   Mohamadpour, Masoomeh ^a   Orazizadeh, Mahmoud ^a   Khaghani, Soheila ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Glucocorticoids; Spermatogenesis; Turmeric

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CURCUMIN; CYTOPROTECTION; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CURCUMA LONGA; MUS;

EID: 84872448632     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.716854     Document Type: Article

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