A new perspective on the quercetin paradox in male reproductive dysfunction

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 802-810

  Ranawat, Pavitra ^a   Pathak, Chander Mohan ^a   Khanduja, Krishan Lal ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

male infertility; oxidative stress; quercetin; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 4 NITROPHENOL; AROCLOR 1254; DIESEL FUEL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84878867364     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4799     Document Type: Review

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