Dietary Supplements for Female Infertility: A Critical Review of Their Composition.

ABSTRACT: Infertility is the condition of about 15% of couples that cannot get a conception after one year of unprotected sexual intercourse. In females, the reduced reproductive capacity underlies the most varied causes. Dietary supplements (DS) might be used to improve the pregnancy rate and a wide range of DS are proposed today to support female fertility. Although many authors demonstrated the positive effect of some of these products, the real efficacy of this approach is still debated. In order to evaluate the potential efficacy of DS for female infertility, we analysed the products marketed in Italy, using an original approach. A review of literature was performed to evaluate the effect of nutraceuticals on various female reproductive outcomes and to detect the minimal effective daily dose (m

SUBMITTER: Vitagliano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8541636 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature