Role of ascorbic acid in human seminal plasma against the oxidative damage to the sperms

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 312-315

  Das, Piyali ^a   Choudhari, A R ^a   Dhawan, A ^a   Singh, Ramji ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Human Seminal Plasma; Infertility; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE FERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 70349299193     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-009-0058-2     Document Type: Article

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