Dose-response effects of estrogenic mycotoxins (zearalenone, alpha- and beta-zearalenol) on motility, hyperactivation and the acrosome reaction of stallion sperm

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Filannino, Angela ^a   Stout, Tom A E ^b   Gadella, Bart M ^b   Sostaric, Edita ^b   Pizzi, Flavia ^c   Colenbrander, Ben ^b   Dell'Aquila, Maria E ^a   Minervini, Fiorenza ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ZEARALENOL; BETA ZEARALENOL; ESTRADIOL; FLUORESCEIN; MYCOTOXIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; ZEARALENONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE PEANUT AGGLUTININ; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE-PEANUT AGGLUTININ; ZEARALENOL; ZERANOL;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; HORSE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPERMATOZOON; STEREOISOMERISM;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; EQUIDAE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; HORSES; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STEREOISOMERISM; ZEARALENONE; ZERANOL;

EID: 80053516250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-134     Document Type: Article

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