Leukocytes and oxidative stress: Dilemma for sperm function and male fertility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Henkel, Ralf R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

antioxidants; balance; beneficial effects; detrimental effects; leukocytes; male infertility; reactive oxygen species; sperm functions

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MEMBRANE LIPID; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; URIC ACID;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM CELL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; TESTIS FUNCTION;

FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78650987603     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.76     Document Type: Review

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