Key of mechanisms of action antioxidants used in cryopreservation sperm stallions

Authors

  • Luis Fernando Merces Chaves Silva
  • Endrigo Adonis Braga de Araujo
  • Sidnei Nunes de Oliveira
  • Felipe Morales Dalanezi
  • Luiz Roberto Pena de Andrade Júnior
  • Fabiana Ferreira de Souza
  • André Maciel Crespilho
  • José Antonio Dell'Aqua Junior
  • Frederico Ozanam Papa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35172/rvz.2017.v24.277

Keywords:

free radicals, antioxidants, semen, equine

Abstract

The use of sperm cryopreservation in equine reproduction represented a major breakthrough
for the development of the species. However the use of biotechnologies such as refrigeration
and freezing sperm prints on the physical and chemical damage cells that result in increased
levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), oxidative stress and irreversible injury to sperm.
Aiming to mitigate the consequences of oxidative stress, different substances with antioxidant
properties are added to extenders for cryopreservation, despite this, most of the time the
mechanism of action triggered by these antioxidants is not well understood. In view of this,
the aim with this study reference the main antioxidants used in cryopreservation stallions and
their mechanisms of action.

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2017-09-29

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Merces Chaves Silva LF, Adonis Braga de Araujo E, Nunes de Oliveira S, Morales Dalanezi F, Pena de Andrade Júnior LR, Ferreira de Souza F, Maciel Crespilho A, Dell’Aqua Junior JA, Ozanam Papa F. Key of mechanisms of action antioxidants used in cryopreservation sperm stallions. RVZ [Internet]. 2017 Sep. 29 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];24(3):418-34. Available from: https://rvz.emnuvens.com.br/rvz/article/view/277

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