Chemical constituents of human seminal plasma: relationship to fertility. 1989

R S Jeyendran, and H H Van der Ven, and R Rosecrans, and M Perez-Pelaez, and S al-Hasani, and L J Zaneveld
Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.

Eighteen different chemical constituents of seminal plasma from 52 patients in an in vitro fertilization (IVF) program were quantitated. The ejaculates were divided into "fertile" and "infertile" groups depending on whether the spermatozoa did or did not fertilize oocytes. Glycerylphosphorylcholine showed a significant difference between the two groups and was also significantly correlated with fertility, suggesting that GPC may influence the fertilizing ability of the spermatozoa. No such differences/correlations were found for the other constituents although a number of these components were lowest in the "infertile" group. In no case was the correlations between a seminal constituents and fertilization high enough to predict whether an ejaculate is fertile or infertile.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007248 Infertility, Male The inability of the male to effect FERTILIZATION of an OVUM after a specified period of unprotected intercourse. Male sterility is permanent infertility. Sterility, Male,Sub-Fertility, Male,Subfertility, Male,Male Infertility,Male Sterility,Male Sub-Fertility,Male Subfertility,Sub Fertility, Male
D008297 Male Males
D009865 Oocytes Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM). Ovocytes,Oocyte,Ovocyte
D005260 Female Females
D005298 Fertility The capacity to conceive or to induce conception. It may refer to either the male or female. Fecundity,Below Replacement Fertility,Differential Fertility,Fecundability,Fertility Determinants,Fertility Incentives,Fertility Preferences,Fertility, Below Replacement,Marital Fertility,Natural Fertility,Subfecundity,World Fertility Survey,Determinant, Fertility,Determinants, Fertility,Fertility Determinant,Fertility Incentive,Fertility Preference,Fertility Survey, World,Fertility Surveys, World,Fertility, Differential,Fertility, Marital,Fertility, Natural,Preference, Fertility,Preferences, Fertility,Survey, World Fertility,Surveys, World Fertility,World Fertility Surveys
D005307 Fertilization in Vitro An assisted reproductive technique that includes the direct handling and manipulation of oocytes and sperm to achieve fertilization in vitro. Test-Tube Fertilization,Fertilizations in Vitro,In Vitro Fertilization,Test-Tube Babies,Babies, Test-Tube,Baby, Test-Tube,Fertilization, Test-Tube,Fertilizations, Test-Tube,In Vitro Fertilizations,Test Tube Babies,Test Tube Fertilization,Test-Tube Baby,Test-Tube Fertilizations
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
D013084 Sperm-Ovum Interactions Interactive processes between the oocyte (OVUM) and the sperm (SPERMATOZOA) including sperm adhesion, ACROSOME REACTION, sperm penetration of the ZONA PELLUCIDA, and events leading to FERTILIZATION. Ovum-Sperm Interactions,Sperm Penetration,Egg-Sperm Interactions,Gamete Interactions,Oocyte-Sperm Interactions,Sperm-Egg Interactions,Sperm-Egg Penetration,Sperm-Oocyte Interactions,Sperm-Oocyte Penetration,Sperm-Ovum Penetration,Sperm-Zona Pellucida Penetration,Egg Sperm Interactions,Egg-Sperm Interaction,Gamete Interaction,Oocyte Sperm Interactions,Oocyte-Sperm Interaction,Ovum Sperm Interactions,Ovum-Sperm Interaction,Sperm Egg Interactions,Sperm Egg Penetration,Sperm Oocyte Interactions,Sperm Oocyte Penetration,Sperm Ovum Interactions,Sperm Ovum Penetration,Sperm Penetrations,Sperm Zona Pellucida Penetration,Sperm-Egg Interaction,Sperm-Egg Penetrations,Sperm-Oocyte Interaction,Sperm-Oocyte Penetrations,Sperm-Ovum Interaction,Sperm-Ovum Penetrations,Sperm-Zona Pellucida Penetrations

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