Cryoprotective effect of l-carnitine on motility, vitality and DNA oxidation of human spermatozoa

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 637-641

  Banihani, S ^a   Agarwal, A ^b   Sharma, R ^b   Bayachou, M ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA oxidation; l carnitine; Motility; Sperm cryopreservation; Vitality

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; DNA; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE EFFECT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DNA OXIDATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM VITALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; INFERTILITY, MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON;

CARNITINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DNA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84904290745     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12130     Document Type: Article

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