Effect of exogenous glutathione on the in vitro fertilization of bovine oocytes

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-547

  I h, Kim ^a,d   Van Langendonckt, A ^b   Van Soom, A ^c   Vanroose, G ^c   Casi, A L ^b   Hendriksen, P J M ^a   Bevers, M M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glutathione; IVF; Reactive oxygen species; Sperm

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GAMETE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; OOCYTES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033180604     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00150-8     Document Type: Article

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