Study of oxidative stress and reduced glutathione levels in seminal plasma of human subjects with different fertility potential

Biomedical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-210

  Chaudhari, A R ^a   Das, Piyali ^a   Singh, Ramji ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Infertility; Oxidative stress; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 62749093201     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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