title: Male fertility: a possible role of vitamins.
abstract: This review concerns recent experimental information on some aspects revealing biochemical nature of the origin of defects responsible for the spermatozoa's loss of fertilizing potential. Possible protective effect of vitamins-antioxidants against peroxidative damage of spermatozoa playing a key role in the etiology of defective sperm function, regulating role of vitamins K and D in MM-isozyme creatine kinase activity serving as a measure of sperm biochemical maturity and normal sperm development and influence of body insufficiency of B group vitamins on energy metabolism disturbances in motile, actively metabolizing spermatozoa have been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nutrition, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moskow.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Kodentsova
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Vrzesinskaya
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Spirichev
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology*; D005609:Free Radicals; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism; D014815:Vitamins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005609:Free Radicals; D014815:Vitamins