Journal References

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Antioxidant references

Folic Acid and Zinc references

L-carnitine references

Lycopene references

Oxidative stress references

Selenium references

Vitamin C references

Vitamin E references

Antioxidant references

	Mechanisms of male infertility: role of antioxidants.	Oct 2005

	Combined conventional/antioxidant "Astaxanthin" treatment for male infertility: a double blind, randomized trial.	Sep 2005

	ICSI in cases of sperm DNA damage: beneficial effect of oral antioxidant treatment.	Sep 2005

	Effect of Antioxidant Intake on Sperm Chromatin Stability in Healthy Nonsmoking Men	Jul 2005

	Reduction of the incidence of sperm DNA fragmentation by oral antioxidant treatment.	May 2005

	Role of antioxidants in treatment of male infertility: an overview of the literature.	Jun 2004

	Antioxidant strategies in the epididymis.	Mar 2004

	Antioxidant activity of seminal plasma in fertile and infertile men.	Sep 2003

	The effects of combined conventional treatment, oral antioxidants and essential fatty acids on sperm biology in subfertile men.	Sep 2000

	Antioxidant capacity of the epididymis.	Oct 1999

	Comparison of individual antioxidants of sperm and seminal plasma in fertile and infertile men.	Jan 1997

	The effect of antioxidant treatment on human spermatozoa and fertilization rate in an in vitro fertilization program.	Sep 1996

	Total antioxidant capactiy of human seminal plasma.	Aug 1996

	Total antioxidant capacity of seminal plasma is different in fertile and infertile men.	Oct 1995

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Folic Acid and Zinc references

	Effects of folic acid and zinc sulfate on male factor subfertility: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.	Mar 2002

	Low seminal plasma folate concentrations are associated with low sperm density and count in male smokers and nonsmokers.	Feb 2001

	Comparison of zinc concentrations in blood and seminal plasma and the various sperm parameters between fertile and infertile men.	Jan 2000

	Relationship between zinc concentrations in seminal plasma and various sperm parameters.	Mar 1999

	Changes in seminal quality following oral zinc therapy.	Jan 1998

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L-carnitine references

	Carnitine for the treatment of idiopathic asthenospermia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.	May 2006

	The effects of L-carnitine on sperm parameters in smoker and non-smoker patients with idiopathic sperm abnormalities.	Dec 2005

	Placebo-controlled double-blind randomized trial on the use of L-carnitine, L-acetylcarnitine, or combined L-carnitine and L-acetylcarnitine in men with idiopathic asthenozoospermia.	Sep 2005

	Oxidative stress, male infertility and the role of carnitines.	Jan 2005

	Use of carnitine therapy in selected cases of male factor infertility: a double-blind crossover trial.	Feb 2003

	L-carnitine in idiopathic asthenozoospermia: a multicenter study. Italian Study Group on Carnitine and Male Infertility.	May 1994

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Lycopene references

	Lycopene therapy in idiopathic male infertility--a preliminary report.	Jan 2002

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Oxidative stress references

	Relationship between male reproductive hormones, sperm DNA damage and markers of oxidative stress in infertility.	Feb 2007

	Sperm deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation as a prognostic indicator of assisted reproductive technology outcome.	Jan 2007

	Oxidative stress, sperm survival and fertility control.	May 2006

	Relationship between oxidative stress, varicocele and infertility: a meta-analysis.	May 2006

	Sperm DNA fragmentation: threshold value in male fertility.	Dec 2005

	Effect of sperm DNA damage and sperm protamine deficiency on fertilization and embryo development post-ICSI.	Aug 2005

	The significance of sperm nuclear DNA strand breaks on reproductive outcome.	Jun 2005

	Effect of an abnormal sperm chromatin structural assay (SCSA) on pregnancy outcome following (IVF) with ICSI in previous IVF failures.	Mar 2005

	Effect of reactive oxygen species produced by spermatozoa and leukocytes on sperm functions in non-leukocytospermic patients.	Mar 2005

	Oxidative stress, DNA damage and apoptosis in male infertility: a clinical approach.	Mar 2005

	Efficient treatment of infertility due to sperm DNA damage by ICSI with testicular spermatozoa.	Jan 2005

	Paternal effects on cell division in the human preimplantation embryo.	Jan 2005

	Role of oxidative stress and antioxidants in andrology and assisted reproductive technology.	Apr 2004

	Late, but not early, paternal effect on human embryo development is related to sperm DNA fragmentation.	Mar 2004

	Reactive oxygen species and sperm cells.	Mar 2004

	Novel association between sperm reactive oxygen species production, sperm morphological defects, and the sperm deformity index.	Feb 2004

	Role of hydrogen peroxide in sperm capacitation and acrosome reaction.	Feb 2004

	Evaluation of nuclear DNA damage in spermatozoa from infertile men with varicocele.	Dec 2003

	The occurrence of reactive oxygen species in the semen of males from infertile couples.	Dec 2003

	Negative effects of increased sperm DNA damage in relation to seminal oxidative stress in men with idiopathic and male factor infertility.	Jun 2003

	Oxidative DNA damage in human sperm influences time to pregnancy.	Jun 2003

	Role of reactive oxygen species in the pathophysiology of human reproduction.	Apr 2003

	Sperm DNA fragmentation is increased in couples with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss.	Jan 2003

	Role of oxidants in male infertility: rationale, significance, and treatment.	Nov 2002

	Oxidative stress, DNA damage and the Y chromosome.	Oct 2001

	Oxidative Stress in Normospermic Men Undergoing Infertility Evaluation.	Mar 2001

	Seminal oxidative stress in patients with chronic prostatitis.	Jun 2000

	Relationship between oxidative stress, semen characteristics, and clinical diagnosis in men undergoing infertility investigation.	Mar 2000

	Effect of varicocelectomy on the abnormal retention of residual cytoplasm by human spermatozoa.	Jul 1999

	Influence of oxygen tension on reactive oxygen species production and human sperm function.	Aug 1997

	Reactive oxygen species production by the spermatozoa of patients with idiopathic infertility: relationship to seminal plasma antioxidants.	Jan 1997

	Reactive oxygen species block sperm-egg fusion via oxidation of sperm sulfhydryl proteins in mice.	Nov 1996

	Differential incorporation of fatty acids into and peroxidative loss of fatty acids from phospholipids of human spermatozoa.	Nov 1995

	A free radical theory of male infertility.	Jan 1994

	Reactive oxygen species in semen of infertile patients: levels of superoxide dismutase- and catalase-like activities in seminal plasma and spermatozoa.	Jun 1993

	Reactive oxygen species generated by human neutrophils inhibit sperm motility: protective effect of seminal plasma and scavengers.	Oct 1992

	Reactive oxygen species and human spermatozoa. I. Effects on the motility of intact spermatozoa and on sperm axonemes.	Sep 1992

	Prospective analysis of sperm-oocyte fusion and reactive oxygen species generation as criteria for the diagnosis of infertility.	Feb 1991

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Selenium references

	Sperm oxidative stress and the effect of an oral vitamin E and selenium supplement on semen quality in infertile men.	Mar 2003

	The effect of oral selenium supplementation on human sperm motility.	Jul 1998

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Vitamin C references

	Improvement in human semen quality after oral supplementation of vitamin C.	Sep 2006

	Ascorbic acid protects against endogenous oxidative DNA damage in human sperm.	Dec 1994

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Vitamin E references

	Sperm oxidative stress and the effect of an oral vitamin E and selenium supplement on semen quality in infertile men.	Mar 2003

	The controversial efficacy of vitamin E for human male infertility.	Apr 2002

	Lipid peroxidation and human sperm motility: protective role of vitamin E.	Sep 1996

	The effect of antioxidant treatment on human spermatozoa and fertilization rate in an in vitro fertilization program.	Sep 1996

	A double-blind randomized placebo cross-over controlled trial using the antioxidant vitamin E to treat reactive oxygen species associated male infertility.	Oct 1995

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