Flow-sorted ram spermatozoa are highly susceptible to hydrogen peroxide damage but are protected by seminal plasma and catalase

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1131-1140

  Leahy, T ^a   Celi, P ^a   Bathgate, R ^a   Evans, G ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a   Marti, J I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; flow cytometry; reactive oxygen species; sex sorting

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MEROCYANINE; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAM (SHEEP); SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; THAWING;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77956259045     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09286     Document Type: Article

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