Lifestyle and Environment Nutrition and Metabolic Health

Multivitamin and mineral supplementation modulates oxidative stress and antioxidant vitamin levels in serum and follicular fluid of women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Ozkaya MO, Nazıroğlu M

Published November 2010 Fertility and sterility, 94(6), 2465-6
DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.01.066 PMID 20226443

Abstract

We investigated effects of multivitamin and mineral supplementation on lipid peroxidation, reduced glutathione, glutathione peroxidase, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E values in serum and follicular fluid of 56 women undergoing IVF and 13 age matched control. We concluded that multivitamin and mineral supplementation in serum and follicular fluid of women undergoing IVF may strengthen the antioxidant defense system by decreasing oxidative stress.

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M Okan Ozkaya, Mustafa Nazıroğlu
M Nazıroğlu
PMID 20226443 20226443 DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.01.066 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.01.066 Ozkaya et al. 2010, Ozkaya 2010