New technique to quantify the lipid composition of lipid droplets in porcine oocytes and pre-implantation embryos using Nile Red fluorescent probe

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-54

  Romek, Marek ^a   Gajda, Barbara ^b   Krzysztofowicz, Ewa ^a   Kepczynski, Mariusz ^a   Smorag, Zdzisław ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Lipids; Nile Red; Oocyte; Pig; Pre implantation embryo

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; NILE RED; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CHOLESTEROL; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; OOCYTES; OXAZINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SWINE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78649876881     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.06.040     Document Type: Article

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