The role of melatonin as an antioxidant in the follicle

Journal of Ovarian Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tamura, Hiroshi ^a   Takasaki, Akihisa ^b   Taketani, Toshiaki ^a   Tanabe, Manabu ^a   Kizuka, Fumie ^a   Lee, Lifa ^a   Tamura, Isao ^a   Maekawa, Ryo ^a   Aasada, Hiromi ^a   Yamagata, Yoshiaki ^a   Sugino, Norihiro ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

antioxidant; melatonin; oocyte; ovulation; reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; URIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL PROTECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CUMULUS CELL; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 84856111952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17572215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-5-522277103     Document Type: Review

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