Desiccation tolerance in bovine sperm: A study of the effect of intracellular sugars and the supplemental roles of an antioxidant and a chelator

Cryobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322-330

  Sitaula, Ranjan ^a,c   Elmoazzen, Heidi ^c   Toner, Mehmet ^c   Bhowmick, Sankha ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bovine; Chelator; Desferal; Desiccation; Membrane; Motility; Sperm; Sucrose; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CATALASE; DEFEROXAMINE MESYLATE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; FREEZE DRYING; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CATTLE; DEFEROXAMINE; DESICCATION; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67349205052     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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