Supplementation of culture medium with class L-carnitine improves development and cryotolerance of bovine embryos produced in vitro

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 589-599

  Takahashi, Toshikiyo ^a,b   Inaba, Yasushi ^a   Somfai, Tamas ^a   Kaneda, Masahiro ^a   Geshi, Masaya ^a   Nagai, Takashi ^a   Manabe, Noboru ^c  

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

^b Forestry and Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

freezing; lipid; metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARNITINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; FAT DROPLET; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FREEZING TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ZYGOTE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARNITINE; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIPID METABOLISM; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84876520914     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11262     Document Type: Article

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