Raffinose and hypotaurine improve the post-thawed Merino ram sperm parameters

Cryobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-39

  Bucak, Mustafa Numan ^a   Keskin, Nazan ^b   Taşpinar, Mehmet ^c   Çoyan, Kenan ^b   Başpinar, Nuri ^a   Cenariu, Mihai C ^d   Bilgili, Ali ^e   Öztürk, Caner ^a   Kurşunlu, Ahmet Nuri ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Additives; Comet test; Flourescent staining parameters; Motility; Ram sperm; TUNEL positive cells

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYPOTAURINE; RAFFINOSE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; FREEZE THAWING; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; RAFFINOSE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TAURINE;

EID: 84879553329     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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