Quercetin mitigates fenitrothion-induced testicular toxicity in rats

Andrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 491-500

  Saber, T M ^a   Abd El Aziz, R M ^a   Ali, H A ^b  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fenitrothion; Oxidative stress; Quercetin; Steroidogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

FENITROTHION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; QUERCETIN; TESTOSTERONE; INSECTICIDE; SCAVENGER; SEX HORMONE;

17 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 3 GENE; 3BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 6 GENE; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY KIT; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE GENE; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TOXICITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FENITROTHION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; INSECTICIDES; MALE; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84939169129     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12467     Document Type: Article

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