Enzymatic and electrolytic profiles of human semen.
Journal: 1988/June - Prostate
ISSN: 0270-4137
PUBMED: 3375144
Abstract:
Chemical parameters comprising urea and creatinine nitrogen, cations (Na+, K+, and Ca2+), chloride, phosphorus, protein, cholesterol and enzymes, aminotransferases, alkaline and prostatic acid phosphatases, gamma-glutamyltransferase, creatine kinase, and lactate dehydrogenase were ascertained for semen from groups A (vasectomized), B (oligospermic), and C (normospermic) men, 19 to 55 years of age. Of the parameters, the vasectomized group underwent definite depressions in potassium ion, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyltransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase as compared with the normospermic group; the last three enzymes and, possibly, the urea-creatinine ratio were decreased for the oligospermic group vs. the normospermic men. In the comparison of groups A and B, only the decrements in alanine aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase were statistically significant. In corroboration of past reports, CK-BB comprised the main isoenzyme of semen creatine kinase.
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