Sperm maturation and storage in the male rat after acute treatment with aflatoxin B1.
The effects of acute aflatoxicosis on sperm maturation in the rat were evaluated using sperm GOT, GPT and LDH activities as indices. The levels of these enzymes in sperm undergoing maturation were stable like the sperm populations in the testis and epididymis. Acute aflatoxicosis enhanced corpus epididymal sperm transaminase but not sperm transit.
D016604:Aflatoxin B1; D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000032:analysis; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000201:enzymology
D000348:Aflatoxins; D016604:Aflatoxin B1; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase