Effects of (-)-Epigallocatechin Gallate on the Motility and Penetrability of Frozen-Thawed Boar Spermatozoa Incubated in the Fertilization Medium

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 880-886

  Kaedei, Y ^a   Naito, M ^a   Naoi, H ^a   Sato, Y ^a   Taniguchi, M ^a   Tanihara, F ^a,b   Kikuchi, K ^b   Nagai, T ^c   Otoi, T ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATECHIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84868685306     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2012.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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