ATP Content of Spermatozoa, Semen, and Seminal Plasma
- 1 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 125 (4), 1133-1136
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-125-32296
Abstract
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content of spermatozoa, semen and seminal plasma was obtained using a modification of the firefly bioluminescence assay method. Washed sperm of 6 mammalian species showed an ATP content ranging from 1.3 to 10.1 while cock sperm contain less than 1 [mu]g ATP/108 sperm. Separate assay of whole semen and seminal plasma indicated that the plasma and sperm contents add up approximately to the semen content with indication of some loss from bull and dog seminal plasma.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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