Possible mechanism by which zinc protects the testicular function of rats exposed to cigarette smoke

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1537-1546

  Sankako, Michele K ^a   Garcia, Patricia C ^a   Piffer, Renata C ^a   Dallaqua, Bruna ^a   Damasceno, Débora C ^a   Pereira, Oduvaldo C M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Rats; Semen; Smoking; Spermatozoa; Testis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; THIOL GROUP; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84874016167     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1734-1140(12)70951-9     Document Type: Article

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