PMID: 1209175Jan 1, 1975Paper

Magnesium and zinc in seminal fluid of healthy males and patients with non-acute prostatitis with and without gonorrhoea

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
S ColleenA Schytz

Abstract

The concentrations of magnesium and zinc in the seminal fluid of 41 patients with symptoms of non-acute prostatitis and of 11 healthy age-matched males were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Possible sources of error in the determination of these metals in seminal fluid are discussed. The mean concentration of magnesium in the patients was 56.6 mug/ml (range 19-190) and in the controls 64.5 mug/ml (range 36-165). The corresponding figures for zinc were 79.2 mug/ml (range 13-283) and 67.5 mug/mg (range 34-116). Both in the patients and in the controls there was a significant correlation between the concentration of magnesium and that of zinc. No significant difference was found between the patients and the controls regarding the concentration of magnesium or zinc. From none of the patients could gonococci be cultured. However, in 6 of them, immunofluorescent studies revealed gonococci. The concentration of zinc (48.3 mug/ml) in seminal fluid from these 6 patients was significantly lower than in the remaining 35. Neither in the patients, nor in the controls, was any correlation found between the concentration of magnesium or zinc and that of fructose in seminal fluid. A significant correlation was found between t...Continue Reading

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