Effects of antioxidants on post-thawed bovine sperm and oxidative stress parameters: Antioxidants protect DNA integrity against cryodamage

• Published in: Cryobiology Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 248 - 253
• Main Authors: Bucak, Mustafa Numan, Tuncer, Pürhan Barbaros, Sarıözkan, Serpil, Başpınar, Nuri, Taşpınar, Mehmet, Çoyan, Kenan, Bilgili, Ali, Akalın, Pınar Peker, Büyükleblebici, Serhat, Aydos, Sena, Ilgaz, Seda, Sunguroğlu, Asuman, Öztuna, Derya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Inc 01.12.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal productions; Animals; Antioxidant activity; Antioxidants - pharmacology; Biological and medical sciences; Bovine semen; Carnitine - pharmacology; Cattle; Cryopreservation - methods; Diverse techniques; DNA - drug effects; DNA damage; DNA Damage - drug effects; Freezing; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Glutathione - metabolism; Inositol - pharmacology; Lipid peroxidation; Lipid Peroxidation - drug effects; Male; Methionine - pharmacology; Molecular and cellular biology; Oxidative Stress - drug effects; Sperm Motility - drug effects; Sperm parameters; Spermatozoa - drug effects; Terrestrial animal productions; Vertebrates; Lipid peroxidation; Sperm parameters; Bovine semen; DNA damage; Antioxidant activity; Freezing; Human; Oxidative stress; Bovine; Semen; Antioxidant; Cryobiology; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Cryopreservation; Animal; DNA; Artiodactyla; Ungulata

This study was conducted to determine the effects of methionine, inositol and carnitine on sperm (motility, abnormality, DNA integrity and in vivo fertility) and oxidative stress parameters (lipid peroxidation, total glutathione and antioxidant potential levels) of bovine semen after the freeze–thaw...