Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in male infertility.

Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in male infertility.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Mammalian spermatozoa are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and are very susceptible to attack by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and membrane lipid peroxide ion. Normally a balance is maintained between the amount of ROS produced and that scavenged. Cellular damage arises when t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dandekar S, Nadkarni G, Kulkarni V, Punekar S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2002-07-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
Adult
Antioxidants
analysis
metabolism
Case-Control Studies
Catalase
Comparative Study
Glutathione Peroxidase
Human
Infertility
Male
diagnosis
physiopathology
Lipid Peroxidation
Middle Age
Probability
Reference Values
Sampling Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sperm Capacitation
physiology
Sperm Motility
Spermatozoa
enzymology
Superoxide Dismutase
Support
Non-U.S. Gov′t
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