Dithiothreitol prevents age-associated decrease in oocyte/conceptus viability in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 381-386

  Tarín, Juan J ^a   Ten, Jorge ^a   Vendrell, Francisco J ^a   Cano, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conceptus development; Culture media; Dithiothreitol; Oocyte ageing; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; MERCAPTOETHANOL; TROLOX C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031937410     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.2.381     Document Type: Article

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