Rutin, an antioxidant flavonoid, induces glutathione and glutathione peroxidase activities to protect against ethanol effects in cadmium-induced oxidative stress in the testis of adult rats

Andrologia

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Abarikwu, S O ^a   Olufemi, P D ^a   Lawrence, C J ^a   Wekere, F C ^a   Ochulor, A C ^a   Barikuma, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

cadmium; ethanol; rutin; sperm quality; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; RUTOSIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ABNORMALITIES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; ETHANOL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUTIN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS;

EID: 84992084044     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12696     Document Type: Article

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