Effects of quercetin and fish n-3 fatty acids on testicular injury induced by ethanol in rats

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 356-369

  Uygur, R ^a   Yagmurca, M ^b   Alkoc, O A ^c   Genc, A ^d   Songur, A ^d   Ucok, K ^d   Ozen, O A ^a  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Fish n 3 fatty acids; Quercetin; Rat; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATALASE; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORGAN SIZE; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 84897064546     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12085     Document Type: Article

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