Effects of lead acetate on testicular function and caspase-3 expression with respect to the protective effect of cinnamon in albino rats

Toxicology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 795-801

  Elgawish, Rania Abdel Rahman ^a   Abdelrazek, Heba M A ^b  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Caspase 3; Cinnamon; Lead acetate; Rats; Reproductive toxicity; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; CINNAMON EXTRACT; LEAD ACETATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTIS BLOOD VESSEL CONGESTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; VENOUS CONGESTION;

EID: 84922725164     PISSN: 22147500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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