Although several studies have considered the relationship between infertility and semen super oxide radical scavengers levels, no study on the effects of asthenospermia treatments such as oral zinc supplementation on superoxide radical scavengers activity which are important in fertility of the individual has been reported.
The present study was conducted to study the effect of zinc supplementation on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of semen along with superoxide radical scavengers activity in the seminal plasma of asthenospermic patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
120
The subfertile group treated with zinc sulfate, every participant took two capsules of zinc sulfate per day for three months (each one 220 mg).
Babylon University
Hillah, Babylon, Iraq
Oxido-sensitive index level in spermatozoa and seminal plasma.
Time frame: up to three months.
Volume of semen.
Time frame: up to three months.
Xanthine oxidase activity in spermatozoa and seminal plasma.
Time frame: up to three months.
Catalase like activity in spermatozoa and seminal plasma.
Time frame: up to three months.
Superoxide dismutase activity in spermatozoa and seminal plasma.
Time frame: up to three months.
Progressive sperm motility percentage.
Time frame: up to three months
Total normal sperm count.
Time frame: up to three months.
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