As a control, a non-photo-stimulated 1 mL-aliquot of the same sample was placed in another reaction tube and stored at 16 °C. Thus, the environmental temperature for both non-photo-stimulated and photo-stimulated samples was the same. Reaction tubes utilised in control samples were the...
pathophysiology, and the general aetiology of male infertility should not only involve the basic analysis of semen parameters but should also include studying the association, interaction, and involvement of genes and protein expression in all stages of spermatogenesis, acrosome reaction, capacitation, a...
These measurements were based on color reaction by using a free radical analyzer (Free; Wismerll Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). 2.3.4. Autonomic nervous function Autonomic nervous activity was evaluated by power spectrum analysis of heart beat intervals, which were obtained by recording pulse waves ...
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are a diverse group of compounds formed as the end products of spontaneous glycation of amino groups of amino acids through the non-enzymatic Millard reaction [1]. During the heat processing of foods, the Millard reaction occurs when the carbonyl group of ...