Reactive oxygen species generation by human spermatozoa is induced by exogenous NADPH and inhibited by the flavoprotein inhibitors diphenylene iodonium and quinacrine

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 468-482

  Aitken, R John ^a   Fisher, Helen M ^a   Fulton, Norma ^a   Gomez, Emilio ^a   Knox, Wendy ^a   Lewis, Beverley ^a   Irvine, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diphenylene iodonium; NADPH; Reactive oxygen species; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; MEPACRINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACRIDINES; CALCIMYCIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; NAD; NADP; ONIUM COMPOUNDS; QUINACRINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0031007755     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199708)47:4<468::AID-MRD14>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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