Role of selenium in male reproduction-A review

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 55-62

  Ahsan, U ^a   Kamran, Z ^a   Raza, I ^a   Ahmad, S ^a   Babar, W ^a   Riaz, M H ^a   Iqbal, Z ^b  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Male reproductive performance; Selenium; Selenoprotein; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

FERTILITY; MALE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; SELENIUM; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896388147     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.01.009     Document Type: Review

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