BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

Copper in human seminal plasma. 1991

G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, Surat, India.

One hundred and twenty five randomly selected semen samples revealed the range of copper in seminal plasma from 7.5 to 400 ug/dl. The metal had no statistical correlation with number of spermatozoa or with its percentage of motility.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D003300 Copper A heavy metal trace element with the atomic symbol Cu, atomic number 29, and atomic weight 63.55. Copper-63,Copper 63
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012661 Semen The thick, yellowish-white, viscid fluid secretion of male reproductive organs discharged upon ejaculation. In addition to reproductive organ secretions, it contains SPERMATOZOA and their nutrient plasma. Seminal Plasma,Plasma, Seminal

Related Publications

G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
[Copper concentration in seminal plasma of infertile men: influence of hormone therapy on copper concentration in seminal plasma].
November 1988, Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica,
G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Iron, ferritin and copper in seminal plasma.
July 1987, Human reproduction (Oxford, England),
G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Quantification of seminal plasma motility inhibitor/semenogelin in human seminal plasma.
January 2003, Journal of andrology,
G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Metallothionein in human seminal plasma.
December 1994, International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association,
G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Aminopeptidase in human seminal plasma.
January 1984, Andrologia,
G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Relaxin in human seminal plasma.
January 1982, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Phospholipases in human seminal plasma.
April 1974, Biochimica et biophysica acta,
G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Immunoglobulins in human seminal plasma.
June 1968, Indian journal of biochemistry,
G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Dehydroepiandrosterone in human seminal plasma.
March 1966, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism,
G Shaji, and K P Skandhan
Immunoglobulins in human seminal plasma.
January 1984, Andrologia,
Copied contents to your clipboard!