Biomedical subjects

J Valsa

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PubMed1994

Copper in split and daily ejaculates.

The authors studied the copper level in three splits of 21 ejaculates to locate the origin of copper in semen. The copper level was rich in the first split and poor in the second. The results indicated that copper is released from all portions of the genital tract and that the major share is from the prostate gland. Another group of 26 volunteers submitted their semen samples once a day for 10 days for a study of the role of copper in fertility. A gradual increase in sperm motility was observed from the first day. There was no consistency in the level of copper in this study, and it did not correlate with any of the semen parameters studied.

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Cholesterol in normal and pathological seminal plasma.

One hundred and twenty eight samples (seminal plasma) were studied for cholesterol. They included normozoospermia (44), oligozoospermia (22), oligoasthenozoospermia (34) and azoospermia (28). The cholesterol level in normal group was 61.48 mg/dl (32.5-97.5 mg/dl). Among the groups no difference was seen in cholesterol level. Correlation (r = 10.35) was existing between total spermatozoa count and the level of cholesterol in normozoospermia. A reverse pattern was seen in oligozoospermia (r = -4.04). There was no correlation present between cholesterol and spermatozoa motility in any groups studied.

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