Cryobiology
Adding lycopene to the freezing media enhances the quality, antioxidant capacity, and fertilization ability of frozen-thawed Oure-type Tibetan sheep (Ovis aries) sperm.
Yujie Tang, Hong Wu, Lidan Liu, Yanbing Liu, Haoqiang Qin, Mingxia Li, Deqing Yan, Chengtu Zhang, Jianmin Su
Published: 202510.1016/j.cryobiol.2025.105578
Abstract
Lycopene (LYC) is a plant-derived antioxidant that ameliorates oxidative and other stress-related damage in spermatozoa yet its inclusion in ovine freezing medium remains largely unexplored. In this study semen was collected from eight Oura-type Tibe…
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