Reactive oxygen species: Potential cause for DNA fragmentation in human spermatozoa

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 896-900

  Lopes, Stephanie ^a   Jurisicova, Andrea ^a   Sun, Jian Guo ^a   Casper, Robert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Fertilization; Male infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Sperm chromatin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUTATHIONE; HYPOTAURINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0031840305     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.4.896     Document Type: Article

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