Oxidative stress-mediated essential polyunsaturated fatty acid alterations in female infertility

Human Fertility

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-33

  Mehendale, Savita S ^a   Kilari Bams, Anitha S ^b   Deshmukh, Chaya S ^a   Dhorepatil, Bharati S ^a   Nimbargi, Vandana N ^a   Joshi, Sadhana R ^b  

^a Bharati Vidyapeeth's Medical College   (India)

^b Bharati Vidyapeeth   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Female infertility; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549136517     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270802298280     Document Type: Article

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