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Male fertility: a possible role of vitamins
V M Kodentsova1, O A Vrzesinskaya, V B Spirichev
1Institute of Nutrition, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moskow.
Abstract:
This review concerns recent experimental information on some aspects revealing biochemical nature of the origin of defects responsible for the spermatozoa's loss of fertilizing potential. Possible protective effect of vitamins-antioxidants against peroxidative damage of spermatozoa playing a key role in the etiology of defective sperm function, regulating role of vitamins K and D in MM-isozyme creatine kinase activity serving as a measure of sperm biochemical maturity and normal sperm development and influence of body insufficiency of B group vitamins on energy metabolism disturbances in motile, actively metabolizing spermatozoa have been discussed.