The in vitro effects of melatonin on human sperm function and its scavenging activities on NO and ROS

Andrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-116

  Du Plessis, S S ^a   Hagenaar, K ^a   Lampiao, F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human spermatozoa; Melatonin; Motility; Nitric oxide; Viability

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CELL SURVIVAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77949725046     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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