Decreased polyunsaturated and increased saturated fatty acid concentration in spermatozoa from asthenozoospermic males as compared with normozoospermic males

Andrologia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Tavilani, H ^a   Doosti, M ^b   Abdi, K ^b   Vaisiraygani, A ^c   Joshaghani, H R ^d  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Saturated fatty acid; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; SPERMATOZOA; STEARIC ACIDS;

EID: 33748580328     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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