ERKEK iNFERTILITESINDE iZ ELEMENTLER iLE SEMINAL ASIT FOSFATAZIN KARSILASTIRMALI ANALIZi

Abstract

54 infertile and 19 fertile men’s blood and semen specimens were examined to understand the importance and effect of blood zinc, copper and magnesium and seminal zinc and acid phosphatase in male infertility. In the infertile group, blood zinc concentration was lower than the fertile subjects. In the infertile cases, seminal zinc concentration was quitely lower and significant than the fertile group. There was no correlation between the blood and semen zinc levels in the infertile patients. The blood copper level was higher in the infertile patients than the fertile subjects and than difference was significant. There was no correlation between the blood magnesium concentration and sperm count and motility. There was a negative correlation bet- ween zinc concentration both in blood and semen and blood copper level in the infertile patients. Similarly, we found a positive relationship between the blood copper concentration and seminal acid phosphatase. Seminal acid phosphatase level was higher in the infertil patients than fertile subjects and that result was significant. There was a negative relationship between seminal acid phosphatase and sperm count and motility. While blood and semen zinc levels were significantly lower in the infertile males with chronic prostatitis, seminal acid phosphatase concentration was normal. We found that blood copper concentration was higher in patients with prostatitis than the patients with nonprostatitis, but there was no significant result in magnesium concentration in these groups.

Keywords

• Semen
• Infertil
• fosfataz

ERKEK iNFERTILITESINDE iZ ELEMENTLER iLE SEMINAL ASIT FOSFATAZIN KARSILASTIRMALI ANALIZi

Abstract

Serumda cinko, bakir ve magnezyumun, semende ginko ve asit fosfatazin erkek infertilitesindeki 6nemini ve etkinlik derecesini arastirmak amaci ile 54 infertil ve 19 fertil olgzunun kan ve semen örnekleri incelendi. Serum ginko dtzeyi infertil gurupta, fertil guruba göre daha diistik bulundu. Semen ginko konsantrasyonu infertil olgular fertil olgulara gore olduk¢a dtisiik dtizeyde ve anlamh idi. Serum semen ginko dtizeyleri arasinda infertil olgularda korelasyon mevcut degildi. Serum bakir diizeyi infertil olgularda, fertil olgulara g6 yuksek dtizeyde idi ve fark anlamli idi. Serum magnezyum konsantrasyonu ile sperm sayisi ve motilitesi arasinda bir korelasyona rastlanmadi. Infertil olgularda serum ve semen ¢cinko diizeyi ile sesikrum bakir diizeyi arasmda negatif bir korelasyon mevcuttu. Ayni ge- kilde serum bakir dtizeyi ile seminal asit fosfataz dizeyi arasinda da pozitif korelasyon mevcuttu. Seminal asit fosfataz duzeyi infertil olgularda fertil olgulara gore daha yiiksekti ve sonug anlamlh idi. Sperm sayisi ve motilitesi ile seminal asit fosfataz duzeyi arasinda negatif bir korelasyon mevcut olup sonug anlamll idi. Infertil kronik prostatitli olgularda serum ve semen cinko diizeyleri anlaml derecede dtbulunurken asit fosfataz dtzeylerinde fark pézlenmedi. Serum bakir diizeyi prostatitli gurupta, nonprostatitli guruba gore yuksek bulunurken magnezyum yéntinden anlamh bir sonuca rastlanmadi.

Keywords

• Semen
• Infertil
• fosfataz

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