Antioxidant supplements fail to improve sperm quality in infertile men

(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) Despite many study results suggesting that antioxidants have a positive effect on abnormal sperm parameters associated with male infertility, a large US clinical trial of 174 couples has found that an antioxidant formulation taken daily by the male partner for a minimum of three months made no difference to sperm concentration, motility or morphology, nor to the rate of DNA fragmentation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news