Fenugreek seed powder mitigates cadmium-induced testicular damage and hepatotoxicity in male rats

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 293-300

  Arafa, Manar Hamed ^a   Mohammad, Nanies Sameeh ^a   Atteia, Hebatallah Husseini ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Fenugreek; Fibrosis; Inflammation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CATALASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; FENUGREEK SEED MEAL; OXIDIZING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FENUGREEK; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POWDER; RAT; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS; TOXICITY; TRIGONELLA; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; OXIDANTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 84902813753     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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