Luminometric measurement of ATP concentrations in human semen.
A positive correlation is found between the ATP concentration and the sperm motility characteristics. So ATP measurement may contribute to a better selection of patients; in vases of asthenospermia, a differential diagnosis between ultrastructural abnormalities and problems related to energy supply is possible without the expensive electron microscopy.
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008297:Male; D010783:Photometry; D011247:Pregnancy; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis*; D013081:Sperm Motility
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate