Vitamin C Enhances the In vitro Development of Porcine Pre-implantation Embryos by Reducing Oxidative Stress

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 873-879

  Hu, J ^a,b   Cheng, D ^a   Gao, X ^a   Bao, J ^a   Ma, X ^a   Wang, H ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YULIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTHENOGENESIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

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EID: 84868706492     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2011.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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