Impact of Antioxidants in Improving Semen Parameters Like Count, Motility and DNA Fragmentation in Sub-fertile Males: a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial

Overview

Journal Transl Clin Pharmacol

Date 2023 Apr 10

PMID 37034126

Authors

Ameet Patki

Rohit Shelatkar

Monica Singh

Sweta Agarwal

Venugopal M

Shashikant Umbardand

Apoorva Reddy

Priya Kannan

Srilatha Gorthi

Gautam Khastgir

Anita Kulshreshtha

Gayatri Ganu

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Abstract

Trial Registration: Clinical Trials Registry-India Identifier: CTRI/2020/12/029590.

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