Oxidative stress and antioxidants: Exposure and impact on female fertility

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-357

  Ruder, Elizabeth H ^a   Hartman, Terryl J ^a   Blumberg, Jeffrey ^b,c   Goldman, Marlene B ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Female infertility; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ESTROGEN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MANGANESE; MERCAPTAMINE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; IMPLANTATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OOCYTE; OVARY CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTES; OVULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 45549098881     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmn011     Document Type: Article

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