Prenatal di-n-butyl phthalate exposure alters reproductive functions at adulthood in male rats

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 534-544

  Giribabu, Nelli ^a   Sainath, Sri Bhashyam ^a   Reddy, Pamanji Sreenivasula ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Di n butyl phthalate; Rat; Reproductive performance; Sperm; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTERS; RATING;

DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HYPOOSMOTIC SWELLING; REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; SPERM; TESTOSTERONE;

RATS;

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ABNORMALITY; ADULT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RODENT; SERUM; SPERM; WEANING;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COHABITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAIR GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS;

DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; SPERM; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84897957575     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.21779     Document Type: Article

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