Total ascorbate and dehydroascorbate concentrations in porcine ovarian stroma, follicles and corpora lutea throughout the estrous cycle and pregnancy

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1265-1273

  Petroff, B K ^a   Dabrowski, K ^a   Ciereszko, R E ^a,b   Ottobre, J S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIV OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Corpus luteum; Follicle; Ovary; Swine

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; SWINE;

EID: 0031569428     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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