Fatty acid composition, glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activity and total antioxidant activity of avian semen

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 527-533

  Surai, P F ^a,e   Blesbois, E ^b   Grasseau, I ^b   Chalah, T ^b   Brillard, J P ^b   Wishart, G J ^c   Cerolini, S ^d   Sparks, N H C ^e  

^a Poultry Research Institute   (Ukraine)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chicken; Drake; Gander; Guinea fowl; Phospholipids; Spermatozoa; Turkey

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOWL; GOOSE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 0031838809     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10039-1     Document Type: Article

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