Enzyme Activity of Human Ejaculates, Relation with Abnormal Liquefaction
- 24 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Andrologia
- Vol. 17 (1) , 87-91
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0272.1985.tb00964.x
Abstract
Five different enzyme activities were estimated in ejaculates obtained from 96 men visiting an infertility clinic. Sperm count showed a significant positive correlation with aspartate-aminotransferase (GOT) and alanine-aminotransferase (GPT). Acid phosphatase was positively correlated with .gamma.-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP) and citrate and negatively with fructose. GGTP showed similar relationships with citrate and fructose. For .beta.-glucuronidase a low positive correlation with GGTP and GOT was detected. The enzyme activities of 27 ejaculates with a high viscosity were not significantly different from the activities of ejaculates with normal liquefaction. Insufficient prostatic enzyme secretion is not the cause of abnormal liquefaction in these patients.Keywords
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