Technology and instrumentation for semen analyses and AIH/AID. Effect of plastic and glass on sperm motility, pH, and oxidation.
Many materials such as glass and different types of plastic are used today to manufacture sperm containers. The biocompatibility of such material, for human semen is usually taken for granted. This paper demonstrates that some types of materials can, however, affect seminal parameters (sperm motility, pH lipid oxidation) as a function of time, therefore introducing biases in semen analyses. Preliminary results indicate that high-quality polypropylene (or ev. polystyrene) is the best material to achieve medium- or long-time conservation of human semen.
D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000032:analysis; D005898:Glass / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010969:Plastics / Q000032:analysis*; D011095:Polyethylenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D011140:Polyurethanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000187:drug effects; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D010969:Plastics; D011095:Polyethylenes; D011140:Polyurethanes