Fatty acid category Fatty acid Controls Infertile men References SFAs Palmitic acid (C16:0) 19 (healthy) 26 OAT (mol% of total quantity) Gulaya et al. [63 ] 0.87 (controls) 1.92 AT, 4.44 OAT (nmol/106 sperm) Khosrowbeygi and Zarghami [69 ] 26.4 (normozoospermic) 37 Asthen (nmol/108 sperm) Tavilani et al. [66 ] SFAs Stearic acid (C18:0) 17 (healthy) 8 Asthen (mol% of total quantity) Gulaya et al. [63 ] 13 (normal) 17 Asthen, 15.3 Oligo (gr%) Aksoy et al. [65 ] 0.49 (controls) 1.05 AT, 2.71 OAT (nmol/106 sperm) Khosrowbeygi and Zarghami [69 ] 4 (normal) 14 Asthen (nmol/108 sperm) Tavilani et al. [66 ] MUFAs Oleic acid (C18:1) 9 (normal) 11 Oligo (mol%) Zalata et al. [60 ] 11 (normozoospermic) 13 Asthen (wt% of total) Conquer et al. [62 ] 10 (normal) 11 Oligo, 11 OA (gr%) Aksoy et al. [65 ] 0.28 (controls) 0.41 Asthen, 0.65 AT, 1.67 OAT (nmol/106 sperm) Khosrowbeygi and Zarghami [69 ] n-3 PUFAs α -Linolenic acid (C18:3)0.31 (fertile) 0.14 OAT (% of total fatty acids) Safarinejad et al. [70 ] n-3 PUFAs Eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5) 0.62 (fertile) 0.31 OAT (% of total fatty acids) Safarinejad et al. [70 ] n-3 PUFAs Docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6) 9.5 (fertile) 6.55 OAT (% of total fatty acids) Safarinejad et al. [70 ] 21.5 (normal) 16 Oligo (mol%) Zalata et al. [60 ] 14 (normozoospermic) 8 Asthen (wt% of total) Conquer et al. [62 ] 16 (healthy) 5.3 Asthen (mol% of total quantity) Gulaya et al. [63 ] 25 (normal) 18 Asthen, 20 Oligo (gr%) Aksoy et al. [65 ] 0.84 (controls) 1.65 AT (nmol/106 sperm) Khosrowbeygi and Zarghami [69 ] 32 (normal) 17 Asthen (nmol/108 sperm) Tavilani et al. [66 ] 22.4 (normozoospermic) 17.5 Asthen, 15.3 Oligo, 13.6 OA Martínez-Soto et al. [41 ] n-6 PUFAs Linoleic acid (C18:2) 3.1 (fertile) 5.22 OAT (% of total fatty acids) Safarinejad et al. [70 ] 0.2 (controls) 0.48 AT (nmol/106 sperm) Khosrowbeygi and Zarghami [69 ] 8.4 (normal) 4.4 Asthen (nmol/108 sperm) Tavilani et al. [66 ] n-6 PUFAs Arachidonic acid (C20:4) 1.76 (fertile) 3.18 OAT (% of total fatty acids) Safarinejad et al. [70 ] 0.2 (controls) 0.40 AT, 0.65 OAT (nmol/106 sperm) Khosrowbeygi and Zarghami [69 ]