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ArticleClinical and experimental reproductive medicine2023

Human sperm parameter improvement associated with Ceratonia siliqua extract as a cryopreservation supplement after vitrification.

Tooba Farazmand, Fatemeh Mansouri, Yeganeh Koohestanidehaghi, Erfan Shahandeh

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Article in Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tooba FarazmandDepartment of Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
Fatemeh MansouriDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Yeganeh KoohestanidehaghiResearch and Clinical Center for Infertility, Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Erfan ShahandehDepartment of Biology, Islamic Azad University of Hamedan, Hamedan, Iran.
Islamic Azad University of Hamedan · IRMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRNorth Khorasan University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveGiven the destructive effects of oxidative stress on sperm structure, this study was conducted to investigate the antioxidant effects of different concentrations of Ceratonia siliqua plant extract on human sperm parameters after the freezing-thawing process.

methodsA total of 20 normozoospermic samples were frozen. Each sample was divided into two control groups (fresh and cryopreservation) and three cryopreservation experimental groups (containing C. siliqua extract at concentrations of 20, 30, and 40 μg/mL in the freezing extender). Motility, intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), plasma membrane integrity (PMI), mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), viability, and acrosome reaction parameters were evaluated.

resultsStatistical analysis showed that the highest motility, viability, and PMI were associated with the 20 μg/mL concentration of C. siliqua extract. At all concentrations, intracellular ROS levels were significantly lower and the levels of MMP and the acrosome reaction were significantly higher than in the cryopreservation control group (p≤0.05).

conclusionC. siliqua extract supplements at concentrations of 20, 30, and 40 μg/mL improved sperm motility, viability, PMI, MMP, intracellular ROS, and the acrosome reaction.

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