Washing mineral oil reduces contaminants and embryotoxicity

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2747-2752

  Morbeck, Dean E ^a   Khan, Zaraq ^a   Barnidge, David R ^a   Walker, David L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

embryo culture; in vitro fertilization; mineral oil; quality control; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALDEHYDE; MINERAL OIL; PEROXIDE; TRITON X 100; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DETERGENTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MINERAL OIL; OCTOXYNOL; PEROXIDES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 78650212421     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.03.067     Document Type: Article

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