Antioxidant treatment a new therapeutic approach to reversible male infertility

Biomedical Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-178

  Yadav, Sunil Baburao ^a   Suryakar, Adinath N ^a   Huddedar, Anil D ^b   Durgawale, Puspha P ^a   Shukla, Pramod S ^a  

^a KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Dr Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Male infertility; Oxidative stress; Sperm function ability

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMIUM CHLORIDE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; COLECALCIFEROL; COPPER DERIVATIVE; CUPRIC OXIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LIPID PEROXIDE; MANGANESE CHLORIDE; NICOTINAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PANTOTHENATE CALCIUM; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL ACETATE; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENATE; THIAMINE; ZINC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 33845461930     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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