Amino acids and vitamins prevent culture-induced metabolic perturbations and associated loss of viability of mouse blastocysts

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 991-997

  Lane, Michelle ^a,b   Gardner, David K ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Glycolysis; Lactate; Oxidation; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; PYRUVIC ACID; VITAMIN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0031810817     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.4.991     Document Type: Article

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