Dexamethasone reduces acrosin activity of ram spermatozoa

Andrologia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 188-193

  Tsantarliotou, M P ^a   Taitzoglou, I A ^b   Goulas, P ^c   Kokolis, N A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Proteolytic enzymes; Semen; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DUPHACORT; PROACROSIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDIDYMIS; HORMONE INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSIN; ANIMAL; DEXAMETHASONE; MALE; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; ANIMALS;

EID: 0036016577     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2002.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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