The impact of reactive oxygen species on bovine sperm fertilizing ability and oocyte maturation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 454-460

  Blondin, Patrick ^a   Coenen, Karine ^a   Sirard, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Development; Fertilization; Spermatozoa; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; HYPOXANTHINE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COW; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CATTLE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HYPOXANTHINE; MALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0030727502     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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