Protective effects of antioxidants on sperm parameters and seminiferous tubules epithelium in high fat-fed rats

Journal of Reproduction and Infertility

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-28

  Mortazavi, Motahareh ^a   Salehi, Iraj ^b   Alizadeh, Zohreh ^a   Vahabian, Mehrangiz ^a   Roushandeh, Amaneh Mohammadi ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Astaxanthin; High fat diet; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Vitamin A; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASTAXANTHIN; EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; RETINOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; GERM LAYER; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID DIET; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 84895861482     PISSN: 22285482     EISSN: 2251676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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