title: Concentration of selected metals in normal and pathological human seminal plasma.
abstract: The levels of zinc, ultrafilterable (UF) zinc, copper and manganese in normal and pathological (astheno-, azoo-, oligospermic) seminal plasma were measured by flameless atomic absorption. For ultrafiltrable zinc, a special method was used to treat Amikon membranes. A lower ultrafiltrable zinc level was found in azoospermic and a lower manganese level in oligospermic seminal plasma. At this time the meaning of these results is unknown.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie C, C.H.R.U.G., Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lafond
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sele
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Favier
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008345:Manganese / Q000378:metabolism*; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values; D012661:Semen / Q000737:chemistry*; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008345:Manganese; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc