Ann Pharmacol Toxicol | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Review Article | Open Access

Infertility, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Supplementations. Is There A Correlation? A Review Article

Ahmed A Morsy, Nagwa A. Sabri

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

*Correspondance to: Nagwa A. Sabri 

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Abstract

It is well-known that infertility has a great burden on individuals and societies worldwide, for that reason this review article will discuss the role of different antioxidants in managing infertility in both sexes has been of a great interest and scope of research in the last decade. Our objective is to held, on scientific basis, a detailed evidenced comparison between the effect of several antioxidants investigated in several clinical studies on the ovulation process, semen analysis and pregnancy outcome. It has been reported in a multi-center study including nearly 12 studies about the role of antioxidant in infertility in both men and women that antioxidants as selenium, Co-enzyme Q10, L-carnitine, vitamin E and vitamin D, Myoinositol might have a beneficial effect on improving infertility and pregnancy outcome. Finally, it was concluded that antioxidants might have a great effect in decreasing rate of infertility in both sexes and improving birth outcome.

Keywords:

Infertility-Male; Female- Oxidative; Stress-Antioxidants; Vitamin E; Vitamin D

Citation:

Morsy AA, Nagwa A. Sabri. Infertility, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Supplementations. Is There A Correlation? A Review Article. Ann Pharmacol Toxicol. 2021; 1(1): 1002..

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