Fundamental roles of reactive oxygen species and protective mechanisms in the female reproductive system

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Fujii, Junichi ^a   Iuchi, Yoshihito ^a   Okada, Futoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARMUSTINE; DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOREDOXIN; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CARBONYL REDUCTASE;

CELL NUCLEUS; DETOXIFICATION; DISULFIDE BOND; DONOR; ELECTRON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIPID OXIDATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRODUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOREDOXINS;

EID: 27344460746     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-3-43     Document Type: Review

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