Nutrition and male infertility: A systematic review;Nutrition et infertilité masculine: Revue de la littérature

Cahiers de Nutrition et de Dietetique

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 198-208

  Leniaud, Louis ^a   Lévy, Rachel ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Male infertility; Micronutrients; Nutrition; Semen parameters

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CARNITINE; CATALASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; LEVACECARNINE; LINOLEIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; SPERM ANTIBODY; TOCOPHEROL; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC SULFATE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AZOOSPERMIA; CANCER PREVENTION; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTORCHISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOSPADIAS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LIFESTYLE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORCHITIS; POLLUTION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SMOKING; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICOCELE; VAS DEFERENS; VASOVASOSTOMY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 60749116260     PISSN: 00079960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-9960(08)75439-7     Document Type: Article

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