Copper in split and daily ejaculates.
The authors studied the copper level in three splits of 21 ejaculates to locate the origin of copper in semen. The copper level was rich in the first split and poor in the second. The results indicated that copper is released from all portions of the genital tract and that the major share is from the prostate gland. Another group of 26 volunteers submitted their semen samples once a day for 10 days for a study of the role of copper in fertility. A gradual increase in sperm motility was observed from the first day. There was no consistency in the level of copper in this study, and it did not correlate with any of the semen parameters studied.
Valsa
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Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, Surat, India.
Gusani
P H
PH
Skandhan
K P
KP
Modi
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HT
D000328:Adult; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D004542:Ejaculation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000737:chemistry*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013997:Time Factors
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