Zinc content of maturing spermatozoa in oestrogen treated rats

1 February 1983

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in International Journal of Andrology

Vol. 6 (1) , 103-108
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2605.1983.tb00327.x

Abstract

Zn content of spermatozoa collected from the caput and cauda portions of the rat epididymis was determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy. About 60% reduction in the spermatozoal Zn content by the time they reach the cauda epididymis was shown. This reduction was inhibited in rats receiving micro dose estrogen which induced functional sterility. Apparently, the fall in Zn content of spermatozoa during their transport in the epididymis is related to sperm maturation and estrogen treatment interferes with this reduction in sperm Zn content.

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