Changes in seminal quality following oral zinc therapy

Andrologia. 1988 Jan-Feb;20(1):21-2.

Abstract

33 subfertile men with idiopathic asthenozoospermia and/or oligozoospermia were treated with oral zinc sulphate. After treatment a significant improvement in the percentage progressive and total sperm motility was noted accompanied by a significant increase in seminal fluid zinc levels.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oligospermia / drug therapy*
  • Oligospermia / pathology
  • Semen / drug effects*
  • Sperm Count / drug effects
  • Sperm Motility / drug effects
  • Zinc / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Zinc