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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Effect of Antioxidant Administration on Semen Quality in Men with Infertility: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.

Pinelopi Ioannidou, Theodosia Zeginiadou, Christos Venetis, Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Leonidas Zepiridis, Despoina Savvaidou, Katerina Chatzimeletiou, Alexandros Lambropoulos, Dimitrios G Goulis, Grigoris Grimbizis and 1 more

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Pinelopi IoannidouUnit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Theodosia ZeginiadouAndrologylab, Andrology Diagnostic Center, 54624 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Christos VenetisUnit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios Papanikolaou2nd Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Leonidas ZepiridisUnit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Despoina SavvaidouUnit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Katerina ChatzimeletiouUnit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Alexandros LambropoulosLaboratory of Medical Biology-Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8887-222X
Dimitrios G GoulisUnit of Reproductive Endocrinology, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56429 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5005-1995
Grigoris GrimbizisUnit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Efstratios M KolibianakisUnit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0031-9460

Funding

Armatura (Greece) No Grant Number Available. Armature provided the antioxifdant supplements
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A randomized, placebo-controlled, quadruple-blind trial was performed to evaluate the effect of oral administration of the antioxidant combination Spermotrend

Indexed as

antioxidantsmale infertilityplaceboSpermotrend®

Identifiers

PMID40298809
PMCPMC12024233

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