A review study on the effect of various antioxidant supplements on maintaining and improving the performance of sperm parameters

Sperm cryopreservation is more important due to clinical needs, reproductive management, and fertility maintenance techniques. Despite the success of sperm cryopreservation, this method usually causes serious and destructive changes in sperm function. Antioxidant supplements are added to the semen environment during freezing for three reasons. They have antioxidant properties, they can improve the antioxidant system of fluid and sperm. and to reduce the destructive effects of ROS produced by cold shock to the semen environment, they are added during cryopreservation. Therefore, it is necessary to review the results of recent applications regarding the effect of various antioxidant supplements used to improve sperm cryopreservation. Therefore, this study was conducted to increase the understanding of the role of antioxidant supplements in the mechanisms that increase sperm resistance to oxidative damage.