Study of the polyol pathway in the porcine epididymis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 859-865

  Pruneda, Anna ^a   Pinart, Elisabet ^a   Bonet, Sergi ^a   Yeung, Ching Hei ^b   Cooper, Trevor G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boar; Epididymal fluid; Fructose; Glucose; Sorbitol

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; POLYOL; SORBITOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FRUCTOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; L-IDITOL 2-DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; SORBITOL; SPERMATOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33744752171     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20481     Document Type: Article

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