Quercetin exacerbates the effects of subacute treatment of atrazine on reproductive tissue antioxidant defence system, lipid peroxidation and sperm quality in rats

Andrologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 256-265

  Farombi, E O ^a   Abarikwu, S O ^a   Adesiyan, A C ^a   Oyejola, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Epididymis; Oxidative stress; Quercetin; Spermatozoa; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATRAZINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIDIDYMIS; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE WEIGHT; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ATRAZINE; EPIDIDYMIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUERCETIN; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATRAZINE; GENITALIA, MALE; HERBICIDES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84879865979     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12001     Document Type: Article

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