Superoxide dismutase in human sperm suspensions: Relationship with cellular composition, oxidative stress, and sperm function

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 495-504

  Aitken, R John ^a   Buckingham, Donna W ^a   Carreras, Alfonso ^b   Irvine, D Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Free radicals; Human seminal plasma; Human spermatozoa; Infertility; Oxidative stress; Sperm motility; Sperm oocyte fusion; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0029812651     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(96)00119-0     Document Type: Article

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