Lycium barbarum polysaccharides: Protective effects against heat-induced damage of rat testes and H2O2-induced DNA damage in mouse testicular cells and beneficial effect on sexual behavior and reproductive function of hemicastrated rats.

Luo, Qiong

Lycium barbarum polysaccharides: Protective effects against heat-induced damage of rat testes and H2O2-induced DNA damage in mouse testicular cells and beneficial effect on sexual behavior and reproductive function of hemicastrated rats. [electronic resource] - Life sciences Jul 2006 - 613-21 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0024-3205

10.1016/j.lfs.2006.02.012 doi


Animals
Antioxidants
DNA Damage--drug effects
Genitalia--drug effects
Gonadal Steroid Hormones--blood
Hot Temperature--adverse effects
Hydrogen Peroxide--antagonists & inhibitors
Indicators and Reagents
Lycium--chemistry
Male
Mice
Orchiectomy
Organ Size--drug effects
Oxidants--toxicity
Polysaccharides--pharmacology
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Reproduction--drug effects
Sexual Behavior, Animal--drug effects
Spermatozoa--drug effects
Testis--cytology