Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant in seminal plasma and their impact on male fertility

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 87-110

  Hammadeh, Mohammad Eid ^a   Filippos A, Alixides ^a   Hamad, Mohammed Faiz ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PETRA   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technology; In Vitro fertilization; Infertility; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Reactive oxygen species; Total antioxidants

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA GLUCAN; CATALASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LACTOFERRIN; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL GROUP; URATE; ZINC;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL VIABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 73249143490     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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