A Carbohydrate-Antioxidant Hybrid Polymer Reduces Oxidative Damage in Spermatozoa and Enhances Fertility

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 270-274

  Fleming, Craig ^a   Maldjian, André ^b,c   Da Costa, Daniel ^a   Rullay, Attvinder K ^d   Haddleton, David M ^d   St John, Justin ^e   Penny, Paul ^c   Noble, Raymond C ^c   Cameron, Neil R ^a   Davis, Benjamin G ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c JSR Healthbred Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GLYCOCONJUGATE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL SURVIVAL; FERTILITY; FERTILITY AGENTS, MALE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 33644817968     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio730     Document Type: Article

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