1. Gurunath S. et al, Defining infertility: a systematic review of prevalence studies. Human reproduction update, 2011, 17: 575-88.
2. Behjati Ardekani Z, Akhondi MM, Kamali K, Fazli Khalaf Z, Eskandari S, Ghorbani B. Mental health status of patients attending avicenna infertility clinic. J Reprod Infertil 2010 Dec;11(4(45)):319-24
3. Andreas Jungwirtha, Aleksander Giwercmanb. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Male Infertility: The 2012 Update. European Urology, Volume 62, Issue 2, August 2012, Pages 324-332.
5. Aitken RJ, Oxidative stress, DNA damage and Y chromosome. Reproduction 2001; 122:497-506.
6. Eslamian G, Amirjannati N, Sadeghi MR, Rashidkhani S, Hooshangi A, Hekmatdoost A. The effects of combined supplementation of docosahexaenoic acid and vitamin E on fatty acid changes in sperm membrane in asthenozoospermic men. Iran J Nutr Sci Food Technol 2013; 8(1):33-7.
7. Sinclair s.male infertility:nutritional and environmental considerationals. Altern Med Rev. 2000; 5(1):28-38.
8. Vandekerckhove P et al. Androgens versus placebo or no treatment for idiopathic oligo/asthenospermia, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jul 18; (4):CD000150.
9. Speroff L, A.Fritz M. Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility. Philadelphia: Williams and Wilkins. (2005).
10. World Health Organization. WHO Laboratory Manual for the Analysis of Human Semen and Sperm Cervical Mucus Interaction. 5th ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 2010.
11. Jorjani SI, Zakhire K. Qom: Rehabilitation Institute of Natural Medicine; 2013.
12. Razi Z. Alhavy Altb. Correction by Heisam Taeemi, Dar Al Ehya Al Arabi; 2002.
13. M Tansaz, S Adhami, R Mokaberinejad, B Namavar Jahromi, F Atarzadeh, An overview of the causes and symptoms of male infertility from the perspective of traditional persian medicine. The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility 18 (182), 11-17
14. Ibn Sina H. Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-kotobalelmiyah; 1991.
15. Al-Razi AMZ. Resale Bahyh. Tehran: Institute of History of Medicine; 2009. (Persian).
16. Mahroozade S, Sohrabvand F, Bios S, et al. Male infertility in Iranian traditional medicine, causes, treatment and compares it with modern medicine. Iran J Obstet Gynecol Infertil. 2016; 18:1–11.
17. El-Taieb MA, Herwig R, Nada EA, Greilberger J, Marberger M. Oxidative stress and epididymal sperm transport, motility and morphological defects. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2009;144:199-203.
18. Shils ME, Shike M, Ross AC, Caballero B, Cousins RJ, eds. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease. 10th ed. Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006.
19. Zhou X, Liu F, Zhai S. Effect of L-carnitine in nutrition treatment for male infertility: a systematic review. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2007;16:383-389.
20. Balercia G, Mancini A, Paggi F, et al. Coenzyme Q10 and male infertility. J Endocrinol Invest. 2009;32:626-632.
21. Schlegel P. Supplement to enhance male fertility. Biennial Rev Infertil. 2013;3-7.
22. Heydar M, Hassan S. Scientific Basis of Health and Diet Food. Tehran, Iran: Islamic Culture Publications Office; 2007.
23. Sohrabvand F, Mahroozade S, Bioos S. Improvement in Sperm Parameters with Traditional Iranian Remedy: A Case Report. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine.2016.
24. Soodabeh Bioos1, Esmail Nazem, Farnaz Sohrabvand, Hamid Sohanaki, Fatemeh Nejatbakhsh. A Traditional Iranian Medicine (Majoon-e Loboob) for Idiopathic Male Infertility: A Case Series. Traditional and Integrative Medicine 2016. 1(1):47-51.
25. Sohrabvand F, Mahroozade S, Bioos S, Nazari SM, Dabaghian FH. Improvement in Sperm Parameters with Traditional Iranian Remedy: A Case Report. Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine. 2017 Apr; 22(2):223-6.