Low seminal plasma folate concentrations are associated with low sperm density and count in male smokers and nonsmokers

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 252-259

  Wallock, Lynn M ^a,b   Tamura, Tsunenobu ^c   Mayr, Craig A ^b   Johnston, Kelley E ^c   Ames, Bruce N ^b,d   Jacob, Robert A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood plasma; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Male reproductive function; Microbiological assay; MTHFR polymorphism; Seminal plasma; Smoking; Sperm count; Sperm density

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

ADULT; DIET; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; SEMEN; SMOKING; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMINS;

EID: 0035139992     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01697-6     Document Type: Article

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