Embryo nutrition and energy metabolism and its relationship to embryo growth, differentiation, and viability

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-218

  Gardner, D K ^a   Pool, T B ^a   Lane, M ^a  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carbohydrates; Culture; Preimplantation

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; HEXOKINASE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVATE KINASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HEXOKINASE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE-1; PREGNANCY; PYRUVIC ACID;

EID: 0034478834     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-12559     Document Type: Review

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