Toxicity of environmental contaminants to fish spermatozoa function in vitro-A review

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 140-141, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-144

  Hatef, Azadeh ^a   Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad Hadi ^a   Golshan, Mahdi ^a   Linhart, Otomar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Computer assisted sperm analysis; Energy metabolism; Fertilizing ability; Flagellum; Plasma membrane; Spermatozoa motility kinetics

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; COPPER SULFATE; CYCLOHEXANE; LEAD NITRATE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY; NICKEL CHLORIDE; NONYLPHENOL; TRIBUTYLTIN; VINCLOZOLIN; WATER; ZINC CHLORIDE;

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FISH; METABOLISM; MOTILITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPERM; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AXONEME; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERTILIZATION; FISH; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WATER POLLUTION;

COMPUTER ASSISTED SPERM ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILIZING ABILITY; FLAGELLUM; PLASMA MEMBRANE; SPERMATOZOA MOTILITY KINETICS;

ANIMALS; FISHES; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84879466425     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.05.016     Document Type: Review

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