Significance of simultaneous determination of serum and seminal plasma α-tocopherol and retinol in infertile men by high-performance liquid chromatography

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 347-354

  Omu, Alexander E ^a   Fatinikun, T ^a   Mannazhath, N ^a   Abraham, S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Infertility; Retinol; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SUBFERTILITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0033402260     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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