Allopurinol, an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase, improves the development of IVM/IVF bovine embryos (>4 cell) in vitro under certain culture conditions

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 613-622

  Iwata, H ^a   Akamatsu, S ^a   Minami, N ^b   Yamada, M ^b  

^a Kobe City Hort Promoting Assoc   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucose; Oxygen radicals; Oxygen tension; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; XANTHINE OXIDASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033081523     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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