CHEMICAL OBSERVATIONS ON FLUIDS OF THE SEMINAL TRACT

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Abstract
Chemical observations on human semen and integrated portions of the fluids in the human seminal tract showed chiefly: (1) Spermatocele fluid contains no acid-soluble P and only traces of glucose; (2) semen contains large amts. of glucose, Ca, acid-soluble P, and relatively small amts. of chloride (these findings are not altered by vasotomy) ; (3) the seminal vesicle contains approximately the same amts. of these substances as semen and is the chief source of origin in the semen of glucose and acid-soluble P; (4) prostatic fluid contains very small amts. of reducing substances and glucose. Apparently, at ejaculation the environment of discharged spermatozoa, not previously in the seminal vesicle, is rapidly altered by an increase in glucose and acid-soluble P.