Combined effects of repeated administration of Bretmont Wipeout (glyphosate) and Ultrazin (atrazine) on testosterone, oxidative stress and sperm quality of Wistar rats

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-80

  Abarikwu, Sunny O ^a   Akiri, Oghenetega F ^b   Durojaiye, Mojisola A ^b   Adenike, Alabi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Glyphosate; Histopathology; Oxidative stress; Sperm quality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ATRAZINE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYPHOSATE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCINE; HERBICIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEEDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; LIVER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84919444017     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2014.989349     Document Type: Article

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