Protective effects of thymoquinone on experimental testicular ischaemia-reperfusion injury: An apoptotic, proliferative and biochemical study

Andrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 222-230

  Erboga, M ^a   Aktas, C ^a   Kurt, O ^a   Uygur, R ^a   Caglar, V ^a   Turan, B C ^a   Topcu, B ^a   Fidanol Erboga, Z ^a   Gurel, A ^a   Ozen, O A ^a  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ischaemia and reperfusion; Oxidative stress; Testis; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYMOQUINONE; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTICULAR ISCHEMIA; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TORSION; TUNEL ASSAY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BENZOQUINONES; CATALASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS;

EID: 84957441056     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12436     Document Type: Article

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