Selenium: its potential role in male infertility

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 332-337

  Oguntibeju, O O ^a   Esterhuyse, J S ^a   Truter, E J ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PHOSPHOLIPID HYDROPEROXIDE GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN P; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DETOXIFICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERYTHROCYTE; FETUS BREATHING; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE INFERTILITY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

EID: 66549099635     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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