Acid phosphatase and zinc in semen of subjects with no clinical evidence of prostatic disease.
We evaluated the distribution of values for prostatic acid phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2) activity and zinc concentration in semen of 80 men without clinical evidence of prostatic disease. Both substances have log normal distributions. Reference intervals were defined by parametric tests after logarithmic transformation of data and by nonparametric tests. There is a correlation between zinc concentration and prostatic acid phosphatase activity in semen.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000201:enzymology; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis*
D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D015032:Zinc