EFFECT OF MAGNESIUM THERAPY ON HUMAN SEMEN AND PLASMA MG LEVELS AND ON THE VOLUME OF THE EJACULATE AND THE NUMBER AND MOTILITY OF SPERMIA -PRELIMINARY DATA

Authors
KISS AS VISKI S SZOLLOSI J CSIKKELSZOLNOKI A
Citation
As. Kiss et al., EFFECT OF MAGNESIUM THERAPY ON HUMAN SEMEN AND PLASMA MG LEVELS AND ON THE VOLUME OF THE EJACULATE AND THE NUMBER AND MOTILITY OF SPERMIA -PRELIMINARY DATA, Magnesium-Bulletin, 18(4), 1996, pp. 96-99
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Magnesium-Bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0172908X
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
96 - 99
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-908X(1996)18:4<96:EOMTOH>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Magnesium deficiency may be one of the causes of male infertility. Eja culates of infertile men (n=8) were examined before and after per os I g magnesium-citrate/day treatment. Under the influence of magnesium th e volume of the ejaculate and the number and motility of sperms increa sed and the proportion of abnormal sperms decreased. All this may be d ue to the effect of magnesium whereby the synthesis of protein and ATP may be promoted. The activity of enzymes (SOD, catalase) and GSH that reduce the free oxygen radicals is increased.