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Research Article

Quercetin and vitamin E attenuate Bonny Light crude oil-induced alterations in testicular apoptosis, stress proteins and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein in Wistar rats

Azubuike P. EbokaiweDepartment of Chemistry/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi, Nigeria, Correspondence[email protected]
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Premendu P. MathurReproductive & Endocrine Biochemistry Research Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India, and
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Ebenezer O. FarombiDrug Metabolism & Toxicology Research Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Pages 424-431 | Received 01 Jul 2015, Accepted 28 Dec 2015, Published online: 28 Jan 2016

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