Pomegranate (Punica granatum) juice reduces oxidative injury and improves sperm concentration in a rat model of testicular torsion-detorsion

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 478-482

  Atilgan, Dogan ^a   Parlaktas, Bekir ^a   Uluocak, Nihat ^a   Gencten, Yusuf ^a   Erdemir, Fikret ^a   Ozyurt, Huseyin ^a   Erkorkmaz, Unal ^b   Aslan, Huseyin ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ischemia reperfusion; Oxidative stress; Pomegranate juice; Testis; Torsion

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POMEGRANATE; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS DETORSION; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TORSION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84902602290     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2014.1782     Document Type: Article

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