Curcumin attenuates testicular damage, apoptotic germ cell death, and oxidative stress in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1578-1585

  Kanter, Mehmet ^a   Aktas, Cevat ^b   Erboga, Mustafa ^c  

^a ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptozis; Curcumin; Diabetes; Oxidative stress; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CURCUMIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOZIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GERM CELL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; NICK END LABELING; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; RAT; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

APOPTOZIS; CURCUMIN; DIABETES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CURCUMIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GERM CELLS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84883376154     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200170     Document Type: Article

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