White tea consumption restores sperm quality in prediabetic rats preventing testicular oxidative damage

• Published in: Reproductive biomedicine online Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 544 - 556
• Main Authors: Oliveira, Pedro F, Tomás, Gonçalo D, Dias, Tânia R, Martins, Ana D, Rato, Luís, Alves, Marco G, Silva, Branca M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Animals; Diabetes Complications - diet therapy; Diabetes Complications - etiology; Diabetes Complications - pathology; diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental - diet therapy; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental - pathology; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental - physiopathology; Glucose Tolerance Test; Glutathione - metabolism; Infertility, Male - diet therapy; Infertility, Male - etiology; Infertility, Male - pathology; Insulin Resistance; Lipid Peroxidation; Male; male fertility; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Oxidative Stress; Phytochemicals - chemistry; Prediabetic State - diet therapy; Prediabetic State - pathology; Prediabetic State - physiopathology; Protein Carbonylation; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Semen Analysis; Sperm Count; Sperm Motility; sperm quality; Spermatozoa - abnormalities; Tea - chemistry; Testis - metabolism; white tea; white tea; diabetes mellitus; male fertility; oxidative stress; sperm quality
• ISSN: 1472-6483; 1472-6491
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.06.021

Highlights • White tea consumption improved glucose tolerance in prediabetic rats. • Insulin sensitivity was restored in prediabetic rats by white tea consumption. • Testicular antioxidant potential was increased by white tea consumption. • White tea intake reduced testicular oxidative stress in prediabetic rats. • Sperm parameters were improved in prediabetic rats after white tea consumption.