Antioxidants and Male Infertility

Ricardo Silva¹, David F Carrageta^{2

3}, Marco G Alves^{2

3

4

5}, Branca M Silva⁶, Pedro F Oliveira¹

Affiliations

¹ LAQV-REQUIMTE and Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
² Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, UMIB-Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, ICBAS-School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
³ Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Biotechnology of Animal and Human Reproduction (TechnoSperm), Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, ES-17003 Girona, Spain.
⁵ Unit of Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Girona, ES-17003 Girona, Spain.
⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.

Editorial

Ricardo Silva et al. Antioxidants (Basel). 2022.

. 2022 Jun 12;11(6):1152.

doi: 10.3390/antiox11061152.

Ricardo Silva¹, David F Carrageta^{2

3}, Marco G Alves^{2

3

4

5}, Branca M Silva⁶, Pedro F Oliveira¹

¹ LAQV-REQUIMTE and Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
² Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, UMIB-Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, ICBAS-School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
³ Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Biotechnology of Animal and Human Reproduction (TechnoSperm), Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, ES-17003 Girona, Spain.
⁵ Unit of Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Girona, ES-17003 Girona, Spain.
⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.

Abstract

Oxidative stress has been associated with decreased sperm quality and male infertility [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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