Effect of amino acids and dipeptides on accumulation of ammonia in the medium during in vitro maturation and fertilization of porcine oocytes

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-170

  Tareq, Kma ^a   Miah, Abdul Gaffar ^a   Salma, Ummay ^a   Yoshida, Mayumi ^a   Tsujii, Hirotada ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ammonia; Dipeptides; In vitro fertilization; Porcine oocytes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANYLGLUTAMINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; DIPEPTIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GLYCYLGLUTAMINE; INDOPHENOL; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SWINE; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 34547852451     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2007.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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