Glutathione and hypotaurine in vitro: Effects on human sperm motility, DNA integrity and production of reactive oxygen species

Mutagenesis

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-68

  Donnelly, Eilish T ^a   McClure, Neil ^a   Lewis, Sheena E M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOTAURINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0033957023     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/15.1.61     Document Type: Article

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