Quercetin attenuates di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate-induced testicular toxicity in adult rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 232-243

  Abd Ellah, M F ^a   Aly, H A A ^a,b   Mokhlis, H A M ^a   Abdel Aziz, A H ^a  

^a Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DEHP; oxidative stress; quercetin; spermatogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; CATALASE; CORN OIL; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ISOENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE C4; PLASTICIZER; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR TOXICITY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ISOENZYMES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PLASTICIZERS; PROSTATE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; QUERCETIN; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84957701242     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327115580602     Document Type: Article

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