Vitamin C and oxidative stress in the seminiferous epithelium

Biological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-180

  Angulo, Constanza ^a   Maldonado, Rodrigo ^a   Pulgar, Eduardo ^a   Mancilla, Héctor ^a   Córdova, Alex ^a   Villarroel, Franz ^a   Castro, Maite A ^a   Concha, Ilona I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; GLUT; Oxidative stress; Sertoli cells; SVCT; Vitamin C transporters

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; SODIUM ASCORBIC ACID COTRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SODIUM-COUPLED VITAMIN C TRANSPORTERS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80052069712     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602011000200009     Document Type: Article

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