Effect of norethisterone and its A-ring reduced metabolites on the acrosome reaction in porcine spermatozoa

Andrologia

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 296-300

  Martinez, G ^a   Zayas, H ^b   Ducolomb, Y ^b   Garcia, G A ^b   Betancourt, M ^b   Castro, Ivone ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Porcine spermatozoa; Synthetic progestins

Indexed keywords

3 BETA 5 ALPHA NORETHISTERONE; 4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; 4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL; 5 ALPHA NORETHISTERONE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; NORETHISTERONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EJACULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING; SWINE; ANIMAL; DRUG INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MALE; NORETHINDRONE; PROGESTERONE; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 0036423594     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2002.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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