The effect of coadministration of α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid on arsenic trioxide-induced testicular toxicity in adult rats

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 245-253

  Mukhopadhyay, Prabir Kumar ^a   Dey, Avijit ^a   Mukherjee, Sanjit ^b   Pradhan, Nirmal Kumar ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Genotoxic; Oxidative stress; Testis; Tocopherol and ascorbic acid

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; LD 50; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTICULAR TOXICITY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARSENICALS; ASCORBIC ACID; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84898662336     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2012-0039     Document Type: Article

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