Seasonal variations of melatonin in ram seminal plasma are correlated to those of testosterone and antioxidant enzymes

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Casao, Adriana ^a,c   Cebrián, Igor ^a   Asumpção, Mayra E ^b   Pérez Pé, Rosaura ^a,c   Abecia, José A ^a   Forcada, Fernando ^a   Cebrián Pérez, José A ^a,c   Muiño Blanco, Teresa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MELATONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIOXIDANT; ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; RAM (SHEEP); SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SUMMER; WINTER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SEASON; SHEEP; SPERM;

OVIS ARIES; RASA ARAGONESA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; ENZYMES; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALE; MELATONIN; SEASONS; SEMEN; SHEEP; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77953314589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-59     Document Type: Article

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