title: Sialic acid in human semen.
abstract: Sialic acid of seminal fluid of eighty two human subjects has been studied in relation to infertility. Normozoospermic group had highest sialic acid content (94 mgm/100 ml of the fluid) and was significantly different from other groups. The lowest sialic acid level was observed in necrozoospermic group (54 mgm/100 ml of the fluid). Azoospermic (62 mgm/100 ml) and vasectomised group (73 mgm/100 ml) had 33 and 22 percent less sialic acid level respectively than normozoospermic group. For the pooled observation sialic acid was found to be correlated (r = 0.282, significant at 5 percent level) with the total sperm count.
mesh_terms: D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility
chemical_list: D012794:Sialic Acids