Occurrence of D-aspartic acid in human seminal plasma and spermatozoa: Possible role in reproduction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1444-1449

  D'Aniello, Gemma ^a   Ronsini, Salvatore ^a   Guida, Francesco ^a   Spinelli, Patrizia ^b   D'Aniello, Antimo ^b  

^a San Luca Hospital   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

D aspartic acid; Human spermatozoa; Normospermic; Oligoasthenoteratospermic; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID;

ACROSOME; ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; OBSERVATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURIFICATION; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; OCTOPODIFORMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 27644445463     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

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