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Study the Effect of Oral Zinc Supplementation on High Molecular Weight Zinc Binding Protein in Semen

NCT01612403 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2012-06-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There are several causes leading to male infertility, like oxidative stress, and nutritional deficiency of trace elements like zinc. Zinc in human seminal plasma was divided into three types of ligands which are high (HMW), intermediate (IMW), and low molecular weight ligands (LMW). The present study was conducted to study the effect of Zn supplementation on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of semen along with Zinc Binding Protein levels in semen of patients with asthenozoospmia.

Conditions

  • Asthenozoospermia

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

zinc sulfate

every participant took two capsules of zinc sulfate per day for three months (each one 220mg)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • mahmoud hussein hadwan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • mahmoud H. hadwan, Dr. · babylon university / Iraq

Eligibility

Min Age
27 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • Iraq

Study Locations

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