ArticleAmerican journal of men's health
Comparison of 3- and 6-Month Outcomes of Combined Oral L-Carnitine Fumarate and Acetyl-L-Carnitine Therapy, Included in an Antioxidant Formulation, in Patients with Idiopathic Infertility.
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- Pharmacological Effects and Immune Mechanisms of Oriental Medicines in Restoring Male Infertility.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- L-Carnitine enhances porcine sperm quality, longevity, and zona pellucida binding in cooled semen.Animal reproduction · 2025Article
- Empirical Treatments for Male Infertility: A Focus on Lifestyle Modifications and Medicines.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Beneficial effects of oral antioxidant supplementation on semen quality parameters, reproductive hormones, and sperm DNA integrity in men with idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermia.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2024Article
- Correlation between seminal plasma biochemical markers and semen parameters in idiopathic oligoasthenoteratospermia: identification of biomarkers for L-carnitine therapy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Effect of Micronutrients and L-Carnitine as Antioxidant on Sperm Parameters, Genome Integrity, and ICSI Outcomes: Randomized, Double-Blind, and Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- COVID-19 and Male Infertility: Is There a Role for Antioxidants?Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Efficacy and Tolerability of Ich Nieu Khang Dietary Supplement for Overactive Bladder.Journal of medicinal food · 2023Article
- The lack of evidence behind over-the-counter antioxidant supplements for male fertility patients: a scoping review.Human reproduction open · 2023Article
- Studies on improving semen quality and increasing pregnancy chances through the in vitro addition of L-carnitine and coenzyme Q10 to semen in patients with asthenozoospermia.Basic and clinical andrology · 2022Article
- Successful Phytotherapy for Acute Refractory Radiation Cystitis in a Cervical Cancer Patient: A Case Report.Cancer diagnosis & prognosisArticle
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Abstract
The male factor is responsible for infertility in about 35-40% of all cases. Idiopathic oligo- and/or astheno- and/or therato-zoospermia is one of the most common male fertility disorders and remains a significant therapeutic challenge. The primary cause of idiopathic male infertility remains unknown but seems to be associated with oxidative stress. Objective: The use of antioxidative formulation to improve qualitative and quantitative deficiencies in the male gametes.In total, 78 subjects were treated with a combination of 1,725 mg L-carnitine fumarate, 500 mg acetyl-L-carnitine, 90 mg vitamin C, 20 mg coenzyme Q
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