Effects of flaxseed dietary supplementation on sperm quality and on lipid composition of sperm subfractions and prostatic granules in rabbit

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 629-637

  Mourvaki, E ^a   Cardinali, R ^a   Dal Bosco, A ^a   Corazzi, L ^a   Castellini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Cholesterol; Flaxseed; PUFA; Rabbit; Sperm tail

Indexed keywords

LINSEED OIL; LIPID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL GRANULE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLAX; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PROSTATE; RABBIT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLAX; LINSEED OIL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; PROSTATE; RABBITS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 76049107578     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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