CHRONIC EFFECTS OF CADMIUM ON KIDNEY, LIVER, TESTIS, AND FERTILITY OF MALE-RATS

SAYGI S., DENIZ G., KUTSAL O., VURAL N.

BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH, vol.31, no.3, pp.209-214, 1991 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1991
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/bf02990191
  • Journal Name: BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.209-214
  • Keywords: CADMIUM, CHRONIC ORAL INTAKE, LIVER, KIDNEY, TESTIS, REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS, TOXICITY
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Male Wistar rats (n:20), at 5 wk of age, were given cadmium in drinking water (10 mg/L water) for 52 wk; 8 males and 20 female rats, as controls, were given tap water. At the end of 28 and 40 wk, some of the cadmium-treated males and control group male rats were sacrificed for the histopathological examination of testis, kidney, and liver. At the end of 56 wk, histopathological examinations were performed in the same way. Liver, kidney, and testis cadmium levels were also determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.