Quercetin attenuates lambda cyhalothrin-induced reproductive toxicity in male rats

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 673-680

  Ben Abdallah, Fatma ^a   Fetoui, Hamadi ^b   Zribi, Nassira ^a   Fakhfakh, Feiza ^a   Keskes, Leila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants enzyme activities; Histopathology of the testis; Lambda cyhalothrin; Quercetin; Reproductive system

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS ENZYMES; HISTOPATHOLOGY OF THE TESTIS; LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN; QUERCETIN; REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PEPTIDES; PHENOLS; RATS;

TOXICITY;

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; CYHALOTHRIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; CYHALOTHRIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RODENT; SPERM; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANTIOXIDANTS ENZYME ACTIVITIES; HISTOPATHOLOGY OF THE TESTIS; LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN; QUERCETIN; REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INSECTICIDES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NITRILES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PYRETHRINS; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS;

EID: 84887184264     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20762     Document Type: Article

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