Pandy V K, Parmeshwaran M, Soman S D, Dacosta J C
Sci Total Environ. 1983 Mar;27(1):49-52. doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(83)90122-5.
Semen from infertile men (n = 23) has been compared with that of control subjects (n = 25). Whereas the concentrations of morphologically normal, motile sperms, Mg, Ca and Zn fell within the acceptable limits for all the control subjects, only two infertile men qualified by all five parameters. Of the patient group, seven were abnormal on all counts; sperm motility, Mg and Zn were low in 16, Ca in 19 and abnormal morphology was encountered in 12. Since there was no linear correlation between any two parameters, it is possible that each factor may singly or jointly influence the physiological integrity of the spermatozoa. The results are discussed from a consideration of pathological manifestations known to occur in deficiency of these trace elements à propos their role in determining the fertility index of the semen.
对23名不育男性的精液与25名对照受试者的精液进行了比较。所有对照受试者的形态正常、有活力精子、镁、钙和锌的浓度均在可接受范围内,而仅有两名不育男性的所有五项参数均合格。在患者组中,7人各项指标均异常;16人的精子活力、镁和锌含量低,19人的钙含量低,12人存在形态异常。由于任意两个参数之间均无线性相关性,因此每个因素可能单独或共同影响精子的生理完整性。结合已知这些微量元素缺乏时出现的病理表现及其在确定精液生育指数中的作用,对结果进行了讨论。