Probiotic administration improves sperm quality in asthenozoospermic human donors

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 193-206

  Valcarce, D G ^a   Genoves S ^b   Riesco, M F ^a   Martorell, P ^b   Herraez M P ^a   Ramon D ^b   Robles, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium longum; DNA fragmentation; Lactobacillus rhamnosus; ROS; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM CHROMATIN STRUCTURE ASSAY; SPERM DONOR; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; PROBIOTICS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 85018320305     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2016.0122     Document Type: Article

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