Effect of Astaxanthin, Vitamin E, and Vitamin C in Combination with Calorie Restriction on Sperm Quality and Quantity in Male Rats

Journal of Dietary Supplements

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 252-263

  Vahidinia, Aliasghar ^a   Rahbar, Ali Reza ^b   Shakoori Mahmoodabadi, Mohammad Mehdi ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8-EPI-PROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTAXANTHIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DINOPROST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VITAMIN E; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84980368207     PISSN: 19390211     EISSN: 1939022X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19390211.2016.1211783     Document Type: Article

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