Improvement of Mercuric Chloride-Induced Testis Injuries and Sperm Quality Deteriorations by Spirulina platensis in Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  El Desoky, Gaber E ^a,c   Bashandy, Samir A ^a,b   Alhazza, Ibrahim M ^a   Al Othman, Zeid A ^a   Aboul Soud, Mourad A M ^c,d   Yusuf, Kareem ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURY; NATURAL PRODUCT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; COMPLEX MIXTURES; EPIDIDYMIS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SPIRULINA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 84875514073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059177     Document Type: Article

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