Soy lecithin interferes with mitochondrial function in frozen-thawed ram spermatozoa

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 717-725

  Del Valle, I ^a   Gomez Duran A ^b,c   Holt, W V ^c   Muino Blanco T ^a   Cebrian PeRez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg yolk; Motility; Sperm cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRIS CITRATE GLUCOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; EGG YOLK; FREEZE THAWING; INCUBATION TIME; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAM (SHEEP); SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EGG YOLK; FREEZING; LECITHINS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SOYBEANS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84866380710     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.014944     Document Type: Article

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