Correlation of trace mineral concentrations with fructose, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, and acid phosphatase in seminal plasma of different categories of infertile men

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Pant, Niraj ^a   Srivastava, S P ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

glutamyl transpeptidase; Acid phosphatase; Copper; Fructose; Iron; Magnesium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRUCTOSE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FRUCTOSE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; SEMEN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0042167250     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:93:1-3:31     Document Type: Article

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