Seminal Plasma Zinc Concentration in Infertile Males in Different Classes in Islamabad, Pakistan

Amir Shahzada khan, Mohammad Shoaib Khan and Shabir Hussain

Department of Nutrition, National Institute of Health, Pakistan
Department of Biochemistry, Bannu Medical College, Pakistan
Department of Pharmacology, Bannu Medical College, Pakistan

^*Correspondance to: Mohammad Shoaib Khan 

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Abstract:

Infertility in males is big issues in Pakistan. In the current study we analyzed the level of seminal zinc concentration in various group of infertile males and to link it with sperm concentrations, inactive, active and immotile fractions of seminal constraints, with an objective to begin the role of zinc. The present five years descriptive study was conceded in the Public Health Laboratory, Department of Reproductive Health, National Institute of Health, and Islamabad, Pakistan from 2006 to 2010. Outcomes of our study showed that semen zinc was several folds higher in polyzoospermic as compared to other group while lower in Azoo, oligo and oligoasthenozoospermia group. Concentrations of seminal zinc were 598.48 ± 12.95, 617.54 ± 9.55, 702.92 ± 10.60, 710.36 ± 7.87 and 762.06 ± 8.99 in oligozoospermic, asthenozoospermic, azoospermic, teratozoospermic and proven father group respectively. The level of semen zinc varied and non-significantly (p>0.05) in proven father with polyzoospermic. This study concluded that decreased concentration of seminal plasma zinc affect the numbers of sperms count while increased level causes decreased sperm motility.

Keywords:

Seminal zinc; Infertile male; Islamabad

Cite the Article:

khan AS, Khan MS, Hussain S. Seminal Plasma Zinc Concentration in Infertile Males in Different Classes in Islamabad, Pakistan. Clin Case Rep Int. 2018; 2: 1064.