Supplementation of the dilution medium after thawing with reduced glutathione improves function and the in vitro fertilizing ability of frozen-thawed bull spermatozoa

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-49

  Gadea, Joaquín ^a   Gumbao, David ^a   Cánovas, Sebastián ^a   García Vázquez, Francisco Alberto ^a   Grullón, Luis Alberto ^a   Gardón, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bull spermatozoa; Capacitation status; Cryopreservation; In vitro fertilization; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; DNA FRAGMENT; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; MEMBRANE LIPID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BULL (BOVINE); CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREEZING; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAINING; THAWING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 38049074486     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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