Effect of dielectric barrier discharge on sperm motility and influence on oxidative stress in patient with asthenospermia

Abstract

In this study, the biomedical applications of the cold Plasma physics technique were investigated. Dielectric Barrier Discharges (DBD) plasma at atmospheric pressure is used for studying the cold plasma effect on human sperm motility. Patients how had sperms with low spermatozoal motility (Asthenozoospermia) were included in this study. Focusing on the results of motility and DNA integrity before and after exposing to plasma system, it is concluded that the sperms motility of the semen samples shows a good response to the cold plasma by increasing the sperm motility.