Association between sperm quality, oxidative stress, and seminal antioxidant activity

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-324

  Shiva, Murarka ^a   Gautam, Anil K ^a   Verma, Yogendra ^a   Shivgotra, Vijay ^a   Doshi, Haresh ^b   Kumar, Sunil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Male infertility; Oxidative damage; Semen quality; Sperm abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79651470911     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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