White blood cells cause oxidative damage to the fatty acid composition of phospholipids of human spermatozoa

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 154-162

  Zalata, A A ^a,b   Christophe, A B ^a   Depuydt, C E ^a   Schoonjans, F ^a   Comhaire, F H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acids; Male infertility; Spermatozoa; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FERROUS SULFATE; MALONALDEHYDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHORBOL ESTER; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NEUTROPHIL; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERMATOZOA; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 0031824109     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1998.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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