Boar sperm functionality is related to α-tocopherol content after freezing-thawing

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 409-415

  Breininger, E ^a   Descalzo, A ^b   Rossetti, L ^b   Abramovich, D ^c   Beconi, M T ^a  

^a Argentina   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

17 oestradiol; Alpha tocopherol; Boar cryopreserved spermatozoa; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; THAWING;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRADIOL; FREEZING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 80054931396     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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