Essential Fatty Acids

Combination therapy with essential fatty acids has been shown to improve sperm concentration in men with low sperm counts and significantly reduce reactive oxygen species. Reactive oxygen species are highly reactive chemicals, containing oxygen, that react easily with other molecules, resulting in potentially damaging modifications. Sperm membranes play an important role in fertilization capacity as they harbour a higher concentration of polyunsatured fatty acids (PUFA) than other human cells. Sperm with the highest concentration of PUFA are thought to have the most normal morphology. The most protective antiperoxidative mechanism protecting PUFA uses thiol- or glutathione-dependent enzymes. For these reasons, reactive oxygen species scavengers, such as Glutathione, help to maintain cell membrane stability.

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