Lycopene improves the distorted ratio between AA/DHA in the seminal plasma of infertile males and increases the likelihood of successful pregnancy

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-82

  Filipcikova, Radka ^a   Oborna, Ivana ^a   Brezinova, Jana ^a   Novotny, Jiri ^a   Wojewodka, Gabriella ^b   De Sanctis, Juan Bautista ^c   Radova, Lenka ^a   Hajduch, Marian ^a   Radzioch, Danuta ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

AA; DHA; Lycopene; Male infertility; Oxidative stress; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CAROTENOID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LYCOPENE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PUFA PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; SPERM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEMEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924515394     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 18047521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2013.007     Document Type: Article

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