Protective effect of antioxidants on the impairment of sperm motility by activated polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 411-419

  Baker, H W G ^a   Brindle, J ^a   Irvine, D S ^a   Aitken, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; leukocytes; reactive oxygen species; sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLUTATHIONE; HYPOTAURINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0030021201     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58109-6     Document Type: Article

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