Addition of β-mercaptoethanol or Trolox® at the morula/blastocyst stage improves the quality of bovine blastocysts and prevents induction of apoptosis and degeneration by prooxidant agents

Theriogenology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-90

  Feugang, Jean Magloire ^a   De Roover, Rudolf ^a   Moens, André ^a   Léonard, Serge ^a   Dessy, Franz ^a   Donnay, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Cattle; Embryo culture; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0345767466     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00191-2     Document Type: Article

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