Effect of azorellanone, a diterpene from Azorella yareta hauman, on human sperm physiology

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 364-370

  Morales, Patricio ^a   Kong, Milene ^a   Pizarro, Eduardo ^a   Pasten, Consuelo ^a   Morales, Glauco ^a   Borquez, Jorge ^a   Loyola, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cyclic terpenes; Intracellular Ca2 ; Protease activity; Sperm zona binding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AZORELLANONE; CALCIUM; CHYMOTRYPSIN; DYE; FURA 2; LECTIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 9644254294     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02684.x     Document Type: Article

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