Magnesium content in seminal fluid as an indicator of chronic prostatitis

Magnesium and zinc are both involved in a high number of enzymic activities vital for mammals. They are found in prostate in remarkably high concentrations and released into seminal fluid. Furthermore, drastic reduction of Zn and Mg concentrations in the semen fluid may lead to disorders in male fer...

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Published inCellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) Vol. 49 Online Pub; p. OL419
Main Authors Edorh, A P, Tachev, K, Hadou, T, Gbeassor, M, Sanni, A, Creppy, E E, Le Faou, A, Rihn, B H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published France 2003
Subjects
Chronic Disease
Humans
Magnesium - analysis
Magnesium - metabolism
Male
Prostatitis - diagnosis
Prostatitis - metabolism
Semen - chemistry
Semen - metabolism
Zinc - analysis
Zinc - metabolism
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Summary:Magnesium and zinc are both involved in a high number of enzymic activities vital for mammals. They are found in prostate in remarkably high concentrations and released into seminal fluid. Furthermore, drastic reduction of Zn and Mg concentrations in the semen fluid may lead to disorders in male fertility. We aimed to analyse the differences in Mg and Zn levels in the seminal plasma of 213 males including 48 normozoospermic, 30 azoospermic, 28 oligoasthenozoospermic, 22 asthenozoospermic and 85 chronic prostatitis. Mg and Zn concentrations were measured using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. While zinc levels did not show correlation either with the volume of the sperm or the percentage of pathological forms, magnesium concentrations in seminal plasma were significantly decreased in chronic prostatitis patients as compared to other groups or normozoospermic patients (p<0.001). We propose therefore magnesium as a marker of prostatitis.
ISSN:0145-5680