Female infertility and assisted reproduction: Impact of oxidative stress

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Krajcir, Natalie ^a   Chowdary, Hyndhavi ^a   Gupta, Sajal ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage; In vitro fertilization; ROS scavengers; Spermatozoa; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; CATALASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE; ZINC;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47749134243     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340408783572105     Document Type: Review

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