Combining reduced glutathione and ascorbic acid has supplementary beneficial effects on boar sperm cryotolerance

Theriogenology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 399-407

  Giaretta, Elisa ^a,b   Estrada, Efrén ^a   Bucci, Diego ^b   Spinaci, Marcella ^b   Rodríguez Gil, Joan E ^a   Yeste, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Boar semen; Reduced glutathione; Sperm cryopreservation; Sperm survival

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 84916912325     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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