Effect of vitamin e supplementation on testicular tissues of mice exposed to sub-chronic lead intoxication

Trends in Medical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-43

  El Tohami, Amro Ali ^a   Ali, Ehab Kamal ^a  

^a Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Lead; Testis; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FOLLITROPIN; LEAD ACETATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOYBEAN OIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEAD POISONING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84897142548     PISSN: 18193587     EISSN: 21516065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/tmr.2014.33.43     Document Type: Article

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