Free radicals: Their beneficial and detrimental effects on sperm function

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 425-435

  Kothari, Shiva ^a   Thompson, Aaron ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a   du Plessis, Stefan S ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Apoptosis; Capacitation; DNA damage; Free radical; Sperm function

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; DRUG EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77954286435     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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