Ascorbic acid effects on in vitro maturation of mouse oocyte with or without cumulus cell

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5616-5620

  Nadri, Behnaz ^a   Zeinoaldini, Saeed ^a   Kohram, Hamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Cumulus cell; In vitro maturation; Mice

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; DRUG EXPOSURE; GERMINAL VESICLE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

MUS;

EID: 73349143943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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