Protective role of cactus cladodes extract on sodium dichromate-induced testicular injury and oxidative stress in rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 304-311

  Hfaiedh, Mbarka ^a   Brahmi, Dalel ^a,b   Zourgui, Lazhar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GAFSA   (Tunisia)

^b Faculty of Dentistry   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Glutathione peroxidase; Opuntia ficus indica; Oxidative stress; Sodium dichromate; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; DICHROMATE SODIUM; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHROMIC ACID;

ACCESSORY SEX ORGAN; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; CACTACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; TESTIS; TOXICITY;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; XEROPHYTA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CACTACEAE; CHROMATES; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84902544502     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-9969-8     Document Type: Article

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