Variation of docosahexaenoic acid content in subsets of human spermatozoa at different stages of maturation: Implications for sperm lipoperoxidative damage

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 326-334

  Ollero, Mario ^a   Powers, Robert D ^b   Alvarez, Juan G ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON IVF   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DHA; Lipid peroxidation; Percoll gradient; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; DNA CONTENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPIDS; MALE; MICE; POVIDONE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033950856     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200003)55:3<326::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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