Male infertility: the effect of natural antioxidants and phytocompounds on seminal oxidative stress

M Adewoyin, M Ibrahim, R Roszaman, ML Md Isa… - Diseases, 2017 - mdpi.com
Defective sperm function has been identified as the most common cause of infertility. The
objective of this study was to review recent findings on the effects of various antioxidants on …

The protective role of antioxidants in the defence against ROS/RNS‐mediated environmental pollution

B Poljšak, R Fink - Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Overproduction of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species can result from exposure to
environmental pollutants, such as ionising and nonionising radiation, ultraviolet radiation …

Lycopene prevents DEHP-induced Leydig cell damage with the Nrf2 antioxidant signaling pathway in mice

Y Zhao, MZ Li, Y Shen, J Lin, HR Wang… - Journal of agricultural …, 2019 - ACS Publications
As a plasticizer, di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is the most usually used phthalate.
Leydig cell is a male-specific cell, which plays a principal role in spermatogenesis and …

[PDF][PDF] Medicinal plants as potential male anti-infertility agents: a review

EA Nantia, PF Moundipa, TK Monsees… - …, 2009 - bacandrology.biomedcentral.com
For millions of couples, the inability to have a child is a personal tragedy and a large
proportion of childless people are confronted with social stigmatization (blame) and …

Benefits of empiric nutritional and medical therapy for semen parameters and pregnancy and live birth rates in couples with idiopathic infertility: a systematic review …

MI Omar, RP Pal, BD Kelly, HM Bruins, Y Yuan… - European urology, 2019 - Elsevier
Context Empiric use of medical and nutritional supplements to improve semen parameters
and pregnancy rates in couples with idiopathic infertility has reached global proportions …

Lycopene, an antioxidant carotenoid, attenuates testicular injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion in rats

A Hekimoglu, Z Kurcer, F Aral, F Baba… - The Tohoku journal of …, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Testicular torsion is a common syndrome that could lead to infertility. We investigated the
therapeutic effects of lycopene, an antioxidant caretenoid, on testicular ischemia/reperfusion …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary inclusion of dried tomato pomace improves the seminal characteristics in Iranian native roosters

F Saemi, MJ Zamiri, A Akhlaghi, M Niakousari… - Poultry science, 2012 - Elsevier
Because of a paucity of information on the effect of tomato pomace in male chickens, a study
was undertaken to determine the influence of dietary inclusion of dried tomato pomace …

South African plants and male reproductive healthcare: conception and contraception

HS Abdillahi, J Van Staden - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2012 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Traditional remedies from plants have been
use to treat male reproductive related disorders for ages in South Africa. AIM: This study …

Treatment with acetyl-l-carnitine during in vitro maturation of buffalo oocytes improves oocyte quality and subsequent embryonic development

HY Xu, XG Yang, SS Lu, XW Liang, YQ Lu, M Zhang… - Theriogenology, 2018 - Elsevier
Oocyte quality is one of the important factors in female fertility, in vitro maturation (IVM), and
subsequent embryonic development. In the present study, we assessed whether acetyl-l …

The mechanisms and management of age-related oxidative stress in male hypogonadism associated with non-communicable chronic disease

K Leisegang, S Roychoudhury, P Slama, R Finelli - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Androgens have diverse functions in muscle physiology, lean body mass, the regulation of
adipose tissue, bone density, neurocognitive regulation, and spermatogenesis, the male …