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Oxidants and anti-oxidants in turbot seminal plasma and their effects on sperm quality

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In this research, the concentration and activity of oxidants and anti-oxidants in turbot semen, and their effects on sperm quality were studied. The results showed that superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione reductase (GR), uric acid, vitamin E (VE) and vitamin C (VC) were more abundant in seminal plasma than in spermatozoa. The variation for each of them was specific. In seminal plasma, the activity of SOD and GR increased from November 15, November 30 to December 15, and then decreased on December 30. The concentrations of both VC and uric acid decreased during the first 3 sampling times and increased on December 30. The oxidants in seminal plasma accumulated to the highest on December 30. Lactic acid (LA) and ATP levels decreased to the lowest on December 30. The correlation analysis showed that GR had the significant positive relevance to sperm motility and VSL/VCL, while ·OH had negative relevance to them.

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  1. Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P. R. China

    Mingming Han & Jilin Lei

  2. Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China

    Mingming Han, Fuhong Ding & Zhen Meng

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Han, M., Ding, F., Meng, Z. et al. Oxidants and anti-oxidants in turbot seminal plasma and their effects on sperm quality. J. Ocean Univ. China 14, 691–694 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-015-2538-8

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