ANALYSIS OF FLUORESCENCE-SPECTRA FROM CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE FOR MALE-INFERTILITY

To clarify the contribution of Chinese herbal medicine to the treatmen t of male infertility, fluorescence spectra from Chinese herbal drugs at 500 - 700 nm with 488 nm excitation were investigated. The fluoresc ence spectra patterns from Hachimi-jio-gan, Gosha-jinki-gan and Hochu- ekki-to were similar to those from semen, seminal plasma and spermatoz oa. Our previous report revealed that the concentration of spermatozoa correlated with the intensity of the emission peaks from spermatozoa, while sperm motility correlated with the emission peaks from spermato zoa and semen plasma. Thus, it was suggested that the components of th ese fluorescence productions in Chinese herbal medicine may contribute to clinical effects for male infertility.