Ethical approval
The trial was approved by the Deputy of the Research and Ethics Committee of TUMS (approval date: 2021, December 19; code: IR.TUMS.MEDICINE.REC.1400.1085) and conducted following the Declaration of Helsinki, the International Council for Harmonisation Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice and applicable regulatory requirements. The study protocol was also registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (registration code: IRCT20220625055274N1). Here we present a part of the RCT registered in the IRCT. All participants signed written informed consent to use the capsules and provide serum and discarded follicular fluid (FF) samples collected during OPU for research purposes. Before obtaining informed consent, the researchers explained the antioxidant properties, effects, and consumption instructions.