Addition of Mitoquinone (MitoQ) to Fresh Human Sperm Enhances Sperm Motility without Attenuating Viability
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethical Approval and Consent Form
2.2. Participants and Semen Sample Processing
2.3. Preparation of MitoQ Solution
2.4. Determination of the Most Effective MitoQ Concentration
2.5. Determining the Best Sperm Concentration That Is Most Efficiently Enhanced by MitoQ
2.6. Impact of MitoQ on Semen Centrifugation and DNA Fragmentation
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. The Most Effective MitoQ Concentration
3.2. The Sperm Concentration That Is Most Efficiently Enhanced by MitoQ
3.3. Impact of MitoQ on Semen Centrifugation
3.4. Impact of MitoQ on Sperm DNA Fragmentation
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Al-Tarayra, N.; Al-Alami, Z.M.; Battah, A.; Muhaidat, N. Addition of Mitoquinone (MitoQ) to Fresh Human Sperm Enhances Sperm Motility without Attenuating Viability. Biology 2024, 13, 653. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13090653
Al-Tarayra N, Al-Alami ZM, Battah A, Muhaidat N. Addition of Mitoquinone (MitoQ) to Fresh Human Sperm Enhances Sperm Motility without Attenuating Viability. Biology. 2024; 13(9):653. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13090653
Chicago/Turabian StyleAl-Tarayra, Nehad, Zina M. Al-Alami, Abdelkader Battah, and Nadia Muhaidat. 2024. "Addition of Mitoquinone (MitoQ) to Fresh Human Sperm Enhances Sperm Motility without Attenuating Viability" Biology 13, no. 9: 653. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13090653