Total oxyradical scavenging capacity toward different reactive oxygen species in seminal plasma and sperm cells

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-19

  Balercia, Giancarlo ^a   Armeni, Tatiana ^b   Mantero, Franco ^c   Principato, Giovanni ^b   Regoli, Francesco ^b  

^a Endocrinology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydroxyl radical; Infertility; Oxidative stress; Sperm motility; Total oxyradical scavenging capacity (TOSC)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PEROXY RADICAL; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NITRATES; OXIDANTS; PEROXIDES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037217281     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.003     Document Type: Article

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