Supplementation of bovine embryo culture medium with L-arginine improves embryo quality via nitric oxide production

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 918-927

  Santana, Priscila Di Paula Bessa ^a   Silva, Thiago Velasco Guimarães ^a   da Costa, Nathália Nogueira ^a   da Silva, Bruno Barauna ^a   Carter, Timothy Frederick ^b   Cordeiro, Marcela da Silva ^c   da Silva, Bruno José Martins ^d   Santos, Simone do Socorro Damasceno ^a   Herculano, Anderson Manoel ^d   Adona, Paulo Roberto ^e   Ohashi, Otávio Mitio ^a   Miranda, Moysés dos Santos ^a  

^a Universidade da Amazonia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Science and Technology of Pará   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NORTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 84907901479     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22387     Document Type: Article

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