Recommended reading
- Aitken RJ, Gordon E, Harkiss D, Twigg JP, Milne P, Jennings Z, Irvine DS. Relative impact of oxidative stress on the functional competence and genomic integrity of human spermatozoa. Biology of Reproduction 1998; 59: 1037–1046
- De Lamirande E, Jiang H, Zini A, Kodama H, Gagnon C. Reactive oxygen species and sperm physiology. Reviews of Reproduction 1997; 2: 48–54
- Griveau JF, LeLannou D. Reactive oxygen species and human spermatozoa: physiology and pathology. International Journal of Andrology 1997; 20: 61–69
- Halliwell B, Gutteridge JMC. Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine3rd Edn. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1999
- Hancock J, Neill S. Reactive oxygen species as potential signalling molecules in both plants and animals. The Biochemist 1999; 21: 23–25
- Herrero MB, deLamirande E, Gagnon C. Nitric oxide regulates human sperm capacitation and protein-tyrosine phosphorylation in vitro. Biology of Reproduction 1999; 61: 575–581
- Sakkas D, Mariethoz E, Manicardi G, Biarro D, Bianchi PC, Bianchi U. Origin of DNA damage in ejaculated human sperm. Reviews of Reproduction 1999; 4: 31–37
- Storey BT. Biochemistry of the induction and prevention of lipoperoxidative damage in human spermatozoa. Molecular Human Reproduction 1997; 3: 203–213