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At 2 months after surgery, rats received a 2\u2010month oral supplementation in support of the one\u2010carbon cycle containing B vitamins (B2, B3, B6, folic acid and B12),\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010acetyl\u2010cysteine, zinc, small amounts of vitamin E, and a natural source of betalains and quercetine (Condensyl\n                      <jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>\n                      ; Parthenogen SAGL, Lugano, Switzerland and Nurilia SARL, Lyon, France).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      One\u2010carbon cycle supplementation, compared to untreated controls, significantly improved the morphometric characteristics of testis (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05), sperm concentration, motility and abnormal morphology (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001), sperm chromatin condensation (aniline blue staining,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05), sperm DNA damage (acridine orange staining,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05) and sperm lipid peroxidation (BODIPY C11,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). The improvement in both nuclear condensation and DNA damage and the lack of excessive inhibition of lipid peroxidation confirmed that no reductive stress had occurred.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Micronutrients in support of the one\u2010carbon cycle are effective in the treatment of surgically induced varicocoele in rats, probably by activating natural antioxidant defences and epigenetics. 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