Low Levels of Nitric Oxide Promote Human Sperm Capacitation In Vitro

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 424-431

  Zini, Armand ^a,b   de Lamirande, Eve ^a,b   Gagnon, Claude ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

catalase; hydrogen peroxide; nitric oxide synthase; NONOates; peroxinitrite; reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

2,2' (HYDROXYNITROSOHYDRAZONO)BISETHANAMINE; CALCIMYCIN; CATALASE; DIETHYLAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; N [4 [1 (3 AMINOPROPYL) 2 HYDROXY 2 NITROSOHYDRAZINO]BUTYL] 1,3 PROPANEDIAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SCAVENGER; SODIUM NITRATE; SODIUM NITRITE; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; ARGININE; CALCIMYCIN; CATALASE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMAN; HYDRAZINES; IN VITRO; IONOPHORES; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; SODIUM NITRITE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; SPERMINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028825988     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.1995.tb00558.x     Document Type: Article

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