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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 2001
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Sborník lékařský
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Gynaecology and obstetrics
Keywords hydrogen peroxide; ultracytochemistry; cumulus oophorus; spermatozoa; human
Description The hydrogen peroxide generation was detected in cumulus oophorus cells 2 h after insemination in human in vitro ferttilisation programme. Spermatozoa of both normal and abnormal morphology produced excessive amounts of hydrogen peroxide. Damaged cumulus cells are an additional source of this metabolite.
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