Ameliorative effect of α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid on the accessory reproductive glands of adult male rats in arsenic toxicity

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 282-287

  Banik, Gopi Nath ^a   Chakraborty, Indrani ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Prabir Kr ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Krishnagar Government College   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Ascorbic acid; Oxidative stress; Prostate; Seminal vesicle; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; FRUCTOSE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84902269293     PISSN: 0976044X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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