The effects of melatonin on oxidative stress parameters and DNA fragmentation in testicular tissue of rats exposed to microwave radiation

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 429-436

  Sokolovic, Dusan ^a   Djordjevic, Branka ^a   Kocic, Gordana ^a   Stoimenov, Tatjana J ^a   Stanojkovic, Zoran ^b   Sokolovic, Danka M ^b   Veljkovic, Andrej ^a   Ristic, Goran ^a   Despotovic, Milena ^a   Milisavljevic, Dusan ^a   Jankovic, Radmilo ^a   Binic, Ivana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b Blood Transfusion Institute   (Serbia)

^c Clinical Center Ni   (Serbia)

Author keywords

DNase; Melatonin; Microwave radiation; Oxidative stress; Testicular tissue

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE II; DNA; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; XANTHINE OXIDASE; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CELL PROTECTION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOPROTECTION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA DAMAGE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MICROWAVES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 84938065133     PISSN: 18995276     EISSN: 24512680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17219/acem/43888     Document Type: Article

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