Seminal plasma zinc concentration and α-glucosidase activity with respect to semen quality

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-106

  Mankad, Minal ^a   Sathawara, N G ^a   Doshi, Haresh ^b   Saiyed, H N ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Alpha glucosidase; Semen quality; Seminal plasma; Sperm count; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; ZINC;

EID: 33745683815     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:110:2:97     Document Type: Article

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