Norfloxacin drug induces reproductive toxicity and alters androgen receptor gene expression in testes and cloacal gland of male Japanese quail (Coturnix Japonica)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2134-2138

  Singh, Ram P ^a,b   Sastry, Kochiganti V H ^b   Dubey, Pawan K ^c   Agrawal, Radha ^b   Singh, Renu ^c   Pandey, Nitin Kumar ^b   Mohan, Jag ^b  

^a SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^b CENTRAL AVIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Fertility; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTORS; DOWN-REGULATION; FERTILITY; GLANDULAR TISSUE; HISTOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITIES; SERUM TESTOSTERONE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

TOXICITY;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; NORFLOXACIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN; BODY MASS; DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FERTILITY; GAMEBIRD; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLOACA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX JAPONICA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOACA; COTURNIX; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; NORFLOXACIN; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 84881025284     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2291     Document Type: Article

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