Protective role of pectin against cadmium-induced testicular toxicity and oxidative stress in rats

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 263-272

  Koriem, Khaled M M ^a,b   Fathi, Gamal E ^b   Salem, Huda A ^c   Akram, Nabil H ^d   Gamil, Sofie A ^d  

^a ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cadmium; Pectin; Rats; Steroid hormones; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CADMIUM; CATALASE; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PECTIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TESTICULAR TOXICITY; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PECTINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84879582805     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2012.748857     Document Type: Article

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