Pixe analysis of reproductive fluids |
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| Authors: | Gene S. Hall Robert M. Shelden |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dept. of Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, 08903, USA
2. Dept of OBGYN, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Rutgers Medical School, 08903, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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| Abstract: | An external 3.8-MeV proton beam was employed to induce X-rays in 100-mg pellets of human follicular fluids and in 4–8 mg pellets of spermatozoa. The elements Cl, K, Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Br were quantitatively determined in follicular fluids, whereas the elements, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, and Zn were determined in the spermatozoa. Both samples had high interelement Spearman correlation coefficients. Correlations of elements in the samples were observed with several clinical parameters. The multielemental analysis of spermatozoa can be used to approximate quantities of trace elements inserted into the egg ooplasm at the time of fertilization. These elemental quantities appear to be in the femtogram (10?15) range. |
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