Role of free radicals in female reproductive diseases and assisted reproduction

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 338-347

  Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Allamaneni, Shyam S R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Embryo; Female infertility; Free radicals; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; FREE RADICAL; LIPID; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOASSAY; CELL AGING; CELL DAMAGE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; REVIEW; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SUPPLEMENTATION; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 4544300285     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62151-7     Document Type: Review

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