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Possible Role of Nitric Oxide on Fertile and Asthenozoospermic Infertile Human Sperm Functions
1 Jan 1996
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The capacity of human sperm fertilization is principally dependent on sperm motility and membrane integrity. Oxygen-derived free radicals, such as superoxide anion, are known to impair sperm motility and membrane integrity by inducing membrane lipid peroxidation (LPO). Nitric oxide (NO), a biologically active free radical, has recently been shown to inactivate superoxide and increase intracellular guanosine-3',...
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