Research Article

Antioxidant Effect of a Polyphenol-Rich Murtilla (Ugni molinae Turcz.) Extract and Its Effect on the Regulation of Metabolism in Refrigerated Boar Sperm

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Antioxidant activity of MT-Ex. (a) Extracellular antioxidant effect of five genotypes of MT-Ex (log of 0.0001 to 100 μgGAE mL-1) in sperm cells pretreated with 122.7 μM of H2O2 as oxidant agent. The EC50 for each genotype indicates the effective concentration to reduce oxidative stress by 50%. (b) Time and concentration evaluation of antioxidant activity of murtilla genotype 14-4 8 (MT-Ex) in sperm samples pretreated with H2O2 as oxidant treatment.
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