Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase from the fungal strain Humicola lutea 103 improves ram spermatozoa functions in vitro

Andrologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Stefanov, R ^a   Angelova, M ^b   Stefanova, T ^b   Subev, M ^a   Dolashka, P ^c   Voelter, W ^d   Zachariev, Z ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motility; NADH tetrazolium reductase; Ram spermatozoa; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DILUTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; HUMICOLA LUTEA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MALE; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 2442480658     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2004.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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