Study of the effects of oral zinc supplementation on peroxynitrite levels, arginase activity and NO synthase activity in seminal plasma of Iraqi asthenospermic patients.

Mahmoud Hussein, Hadwan,; Lamia A, Almashhedy,; Abdul Razzaq S, Alsalman,

doi:10.1186/1477-7827-12-1

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Study of the effects of oral zinc supplementation on peroxynitrite levels, arginase activity and NO synthase activity in seminal plasma of Iraqi asthenospermic patients.

Published in Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E • Jan 3, 2014

Authors:

Hadwan, Mahmoud Hussein

Almashhedy, Lamia A

Alsalman, Abdul Razzaq S

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Low concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) are necessary for the biology and physiology of spermatozoa, but high levels of NO are toxic and have negative effects on sperm functions. Although several studies have considered the relationship between infertility and semen NO concentrations, no...

Subject

Administration

Oral

Arginase

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