Taurine reverses endosulfan-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in adult rat testis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Aly, Hamdy A A ^a,b   Khafagy, Rasha M ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Endosulfan; Oxidative stress; Sperm; Taurine

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CARNITINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME C; ENDOSULFAN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAURINE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS;

APOPTOSIS; ENDOSULFAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERM; TAURINE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CATALASE; CYTOCHROMES C; ENDOSULFAN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; INSECTICIDES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAURINE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84889682544     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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