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Zinc protection against cadmium effect on estrual cycle of Wistar rat
O E Rivera1, N Belmonte, J Herkovits
1Instituto de Biologia de la Reproducción y Desarrollo Embrionario, Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina.
Biological Trace Element Research
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
A single dose of cadmium chloride (2.2 mg/kg of body wt) increased the estrual cycle period about two times. This effect could be prevented by means of simultaneous administration of zinc at the same dose.