The effects of dietary lycopene supplementation on human seminal plasma

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1456-1460

  Goyal, Anuj ^a,b   Chopra, Mridula ^a   Lwaleed, Bashir A ^b   Birch, Brian ^b   Cooper, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary supplementation; Lycopene; Reactive oxygen species; Semen; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

LYCOPENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; METABOLISM;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN;

EID: 34447338896     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06804.x     Document Type: Article

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