Antioxidant enzymatic defences in human follicular fluid: Characterization and age-dependent changes

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 639-643

  Carbone, M C ^a   Tatone, C ^a   Delle Monache, S ^a   Marci, R ^a   Caserta, D ^a   Colonna, R ^a   Amicarelli, Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Antioxidant enzymes; Fluid; Follicular; Oxidative stress; Reproductive potential

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOPROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0344703601     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gag090     Document Type: Article

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