Effect of vitamin E and selenium supplementation of cockerel diets on glutathione peroxidase activity and lipid peroxidation susceptibility in sperm, testes, and liver

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 119-132

  Surai, Peter ^a   Kostjuk, Inna ^a   Wishart, Graham ^b   Macpherson, Allan ^c   Speake, Brian ^c   Noble, Raymond ^c   Ionov, Igor ^a   Kutz, Evgeny ^a  

^a Poultry Research Institute   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cockerel; Glutathione peroxidase; Lipid peroxidation; Selenium; Spermatozoa; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOON;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031751664     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02783329     Document Type: Article

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