Oxidative damage and reproductive toxicity associated with cyromazine and chlorpyrifos in male rats: The protective effects of green tea extract

Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 53-67

  Heikal, Tarek M ^a   Mossa, Abdel Tawab H ^a   Ibrahim, Azza W ^a   Abdel Hamid, Hala F ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chlorpyrifos; Cyromazine; Green tea; Oxidative damage; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CRYOMAZINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; PESTICIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; FERTILITY INDEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE GLAND WEIGHT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINAL VESICLE WEIGHT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 84899702261     PISSN: 18193420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjet.2014.53.67     Document Type: Article

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