Ameliorating effects of green tea extract on cadmium induced reproductive injury in male Wistar rats with respect to androgen receptors and caspase- 3

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 300-308

  Abdelrazek, Heba M A ^a   Helmy, Seham A ^a,b   Elsayed, Doaa H ^a   Ebaid, Hala M ^c   Mohamed, Racha M ^d  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BISHA   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Androgen receptors; Cadmium; Caspase 3; Green tea; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CASPASE 3; PLANT EXTRACT; TEA;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; TEA; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CASPASE 3; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SPERMATOZOA; TEA; TESTIS;

EID: 84997418144     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2016.11.001     Document Type: Article

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