Human seminal biochemistry: fructose, ascorbic acid, citric acid, acid phosphatase and their relationship with sperm count.

Seminal concentration of fructose, ascorbic acid, citric acid and acid phosphatase were measured in azoospermic, oligozoospermic and control males. No significant differences were found among the groups evaluated. The data obtained in the present study suggest that in the absence of infection and androgen deficiency, the failure of the germinal line of the testis is not correlated with alterations of the adnexal glands.