Coenzyme Q₁₀, α-Tocopherol, and Oxidative Stress Could Be Important Metabolic Biomarkers of Male Infertility

Table 2

Effect of Carni-Q-Nol on sperm parameters, antioxidants, and TBARS of infertile men.

	Baseline	Carni-Q-Nol
		3 months	6 months
Sperm density (10^6⋅mL^−1)
Sperm pathology (%)			No data
Seminal fluid
(g⋅mL^−1)
-Tocopherol (g⋅mL^−1)
-Tocopherol (g⋅mL^−1)
TBARS (nmol⋅mL^−1)
Blood plasma
(mol⋅L^−1)
-Tocopherol (mol⋅L^−1)
-Tocopherol (mol⋅L^−1)
TBARS (mol⋅L^−1)

Statistical significance: 3 months versus baseline; 6 months versus baseline; , , and .
Reference values of antioxidants in plasma: 0.4–1.0 mol⋅L⁻¹, -tocopherol 15–40 mol⋅L⁻¹, -tocopherol 2–7 mol⋅L⁻¹, and TBARS < 4.5 mol⋅L⁻¹.