Effects of 90-day feeding of transgenic maize BT799 on the reproductive system in Male Wistar rats

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15309-15320

  Guo, Qian Ying ^a,b,c   He, Li Xia ^a,c   Zhu, Han ^a,c   Shang, Jun Li ^a,c   Zhu, Ling Yan ^a,c   Wang, Jun Bo ^a,c   Li, Yong ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; BT799; Reproductive toxicity; Sperm parameters; Transgenic maize

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MAIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RODENT;

AIN 93G DIET; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; BT799 TRANSGENIC PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MAIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPERMATOZOON; WISTAR RAT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOTOXINS; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84949238392     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121214986     Document Type: Article

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