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Ultracytochemical identification of hydrogen peroxide in inseminated human cumuli oophori

Authors

SEDLÁČKOVÁ Miroslava ŠŤASTNÁ Jitka ŽÁKOVÁ Jana VENTRUBA Pavel

Year of publication 2000
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference 39. sjezd České anatomické společnosti s mezinárodní účastí, Abstrakta
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Gynaecology and obstetrics
Keywords hydrogen peroxide; cumulus oophorus; spermatozoa; human in vitro fertilization
Description The hydrogen peroxide generation was detected at electronmicroscopic level in cumulus oophorus 2h after insemination. Spermatozoa of both normal and abnormal morphology produced excessive amounts of hydrogen peroxide. An additional source of this metabolite represent damaged cumulus cells.
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