Effect of astaxanthin on human sperm capacitation

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1909-1919

  Donà, Gabriella ^a   Kožuh, Ivana ^a   Brunati, Anna Maria ^a   Andrisani, Alessandra ^a   Ambrosini, Guido ^a   Bonanni, Guglielmo ^a   Ragazzi, Eugenio ^a   Armanini, Decio ^a   Clari, Giulio ^a   Bordin, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Astaxanthin; Human sperm; Tyr phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; DIAMIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TYROSINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ASTA;

EID: 84879482290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11061909     Document Type: Article

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