Antioxidant supplements and semen parameters: An evidence based review
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...Investigators have showed that mainly selenium, coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), and N-acetyl-cysteine can affect semen parameters by increasing testosterone and inhibin B [145]....
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...In clinical contexts, the therapeutic effectiveness of antioxidant treatment for subfertile men was evident in several randomized trials (Ahmadi et al., 2016)....
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...Moreover, it is currently considered one of the leading causes of male infertility [19], together with the decrease in antioxidant activity and dysfunctional activity of mitochondria in spermatozoa....
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...All the papers focused on this issue so far have demonstrated beneficial results of multiple antioxidants on sperm parameters [19]....
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...Furthermore, recent research data point to the fact that diet is also directly associated with semen quality and that overall lifestyle plays a crucial role in maintaining proper reproductive functions [6,7,19,20]....
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...In a review of randomized trials of antioxidant supplementation among men with abnormal semen parameters, Ahmadi et al. noted a strong possibility of efficacy of supplementation in improving semen quality parameters (Ahmadi et al., 2016)....
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...noted a strong possibility of efficacy of supplementation in improving semen quality parameters (Ahmadi et al., 2016)....
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...The increased level of ROS can be resulted from environmental factors such as high temperature, electromagnetic waves, air pollution, insecticides, alcohol consumption, obesity and poor nutrition (7)....
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...Placebo controlled clinical trial carried out in Iran and Tunisia showed that selenium supplementation improved sperm counts, concentration, motility and morphology as well as sperm concentration in infertile men (54, 55)....
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...A number of studies have shown that combined selenium and N-acetyl-cysteine therapy improved male infertility (52-54)....
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...There are evidence that sperms are simply affected by ROS and oxidative stress....
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...Evidence show lower antioxidant capacity of semen in infertile men that explain the reduced semen antioxidants and high levels of ROS compared to fertile men (16, 17)....
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...There are a number of studies that support the role of ROS in male infertility theory (8-11)....
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...These antioxidants neutralize free radical activity and protect sperm from ROS that already produced (6)....
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...The increased level of ROS can be resulted from environmental factors such as high temperature, electromagnetic waves, air pollution, insecticides, alcohol consumption, obesity and poor nutrition (7)....
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"Antioxidant supplements and semen p..." refers background in this paper
...There are evidence that sperms are simply affected by ROS and oxidative stress....
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...Evidence show lower antioxidant capacity of semen in infertile men that explain the reduced semen antioxidants and high levels of ROS compared to fertile men (16, 17)....
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...There are a number of studies that support the role of ROS in male infertility theory (8-11)....
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...These antioxidants neutralize free radical activity and protect sperm from ROS that already produced (6)....
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...The increased level of ROS can be resulted from environmental factors such as high temperature, electromagnetic waves, air pollution, insecticides, alcohol consumption, obesity and poor nutrition (7)....
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