Antioxidant efficiency of lycopene on oxidative stress - induced damage in bovine spermatozoa.

Eva TvrdáAnton KováčikEva TušimováDušan PaálAlica MackovichJakhongir AlimovNorbert Lukáč

Published in: Journal of animal science and biotechnology (2016)

Our results suggest that LYC exhibits significant ROS-scavenging and antioxidant properties which may prevent spermatozoa alterations caused by oxidative stress, and preserve the functionality of male reproductive cells.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
induced apoptosis
dna damage
diabetic rats
ischemia reperfusion injury
cell cycle arrest
cell death
anti inflammatory
signaling pathway
cell proliferation
heat shock