In vivo scavenging effect of ethylcysteine on reactive oxygen species in human semen

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-428

  Akiyama, Michinoshin ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylcysteine; Idiopathic male infertility; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAINING; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0032947114     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.90.421     Document Type: Article

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