Role of antioxidants in the treatment of male infertility
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Male infertility continues to be a clinical challenge of increasing significance. While male factors such as decreased semen quality are responsible for 25% of all infertility issues, the etiology of suboptimal semen quality is poorly understood. Many physiological, environmental, and genetic factors have been implicated, including oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS), or free radicals, and although ROS are required for critical aspects of sperm function, excessive levels of ROS can negatively impact sperm quality. The origin of ROS generation, and the etiologies of increased ROS in men with suboptimal sperm quality have only recently been elucidated, offering multiple targets for potential therapy. Here, we present a critical review of the literature describing the role of oxidative stress on decreased sperm function, as well as the role of antioxidants in the treatment of male factor infertility.
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Oxidative stress can be reduced by the antioxidant properties of fruits and vegetables, since these antioxidants act as scavengers and reduce reactive oxygen species.
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- Authors
- Kefer, J. C., Agarwal, A., & Sabanegh, E.
- Affiliations
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Corresponding author
- Agarwal, Ashok
- ORCID
- Agarwal, Ashok
- Venue
- International Journal of Urology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-04-28
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 449-457
- ISSN
- 0919-8172 (ISSN-L)
- 1442-2042
- OpenAlex
- W2166623820
- Cited by
- 273
- References
- 97
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 19
- FWCI
- 2.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Urology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Sperm and Testicular Function
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Biology and Fertility
- Keywords
- male infertility, antioxidants, oxidative stress, reactive oxygen species, semen quality, male factor infertility, antioxidant therapy, sperm function
- MeSH terms
- Antioxidants, Humans, Infertility, Male, Male, Spermatozoa, Oxidants, Oxidative Stress
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
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