Polyunsaturated fatty acids in male and female reproduction

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-201

  Wathes, D Claire ^a   Abayasekara, D Robert E ^a   Aitken, R John ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female reproductive tract; Fertility; Fish oil; Gamma linolenic acid; Parturition; Prostaglandins; PUFAs; Sperm; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOZOON; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UTERUS;

BOS;

EID: 34547445669     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.060558     Document Type: Short Survey

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