Superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase during epididymal maturation and prolonged storage of spermatozoa in the Mexican big-eared bat (Corynorhinus mexicanus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1556-1565

  Arenas Rios E ^a   Leon Galvan M A ^a   Mercado, P E ^a   Rosado, A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

POST-TESTICULAR PHASE; ROS GENERATION SCAVENGING; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ENZYMES;

BAT; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

MAMMALIA; PLECOTUS MEXICANUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33144457284     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-152     Document Type: Article

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