Hydrogen peroxide induces premature acrosome reaction in rat sperm and reduces their penetration of the zona pellucida

Toxicology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 93-101

  Hsu, Ping Chi ^a,b   Hsu, Chao Chin ^b   Guo, Yueliang Leon ^b  

^a Hlth Environ Eng Natl K ^*  (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Hydrogen peroxide; Penetration; Sperm; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; OOCYTES; OXIDANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0032740787     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(99)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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