Distribution of α- and δ-tocopherols in seminal plasma and sperm fractions of men with normal and abnormal semen parameters

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 232-239

  Moretti, Elena ^a,b   Castellini, Cesare ^d   Mourvaki, Evangelia ^d   Capitani, Serena ^b,c   Geminiani, Michela ^a   Renieri, Tommaso ^a,b   Collodel, Giulia ^a,b  

^a Department of Surgery   (Italy)

^b Interdepartmental Centre for Research and Therapy of Male Infertility   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HPLC; Human semen spermatozoa; Sperm sonication; TEM

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; DELTA-TOCOPHEROL; TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SEMEN; TOCOPHEROLS;

EID: 79960905083     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.009936     Document Type: Article

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