Protective effect of Abutilon indicum against lead-induced reproductive toxicity in male Wistar rats.

antioxidant histology lead sperm count stigmasterol testis testosterone

Journal

Journal of cellular biochemistry
ISSN: 1097-4644
Titre abrégé: J Cell Biochem
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8205768

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2019
Historique:
revised: 26 12 2018
received: 04 06 2018
accepted: 09 01 2019
pubmed: 5 2 2019
medline: 5 2 2019
entrez: 5 2 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Despite ample literature on the toxic impact of lead on the environment and health, the exact mechanism of pathogenesis/toxicity is not clearly known. Because it is well established that lead induces oxidative stress, it is assumed that exposure to antioxidants may reduce the toxic impact of lead. In this study, we evaluated the impact of coadministration of the methanolic root extract of a plant Abutilon indicum (50, 100, 200 mg kg

Identifiants

pubmed: 30714201
doi: 10.1002/jcb.28395
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

11196-11205

Informations de copyright

© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Auteurs

Santhoshkumar R (S)

Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Asha Devi S (AD)

Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

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