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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
A high-performance liquid chromatographic method coupled with light-scattering detection for the separate and accurate quantification of cholesterol and main phospholipid classes was applied to human spermatozoa and seminal plasma (SP). This method is based on normal-phase chromatography with silica gel as stationary phase and a ternary gradient with hexane, mixtures of chloroform-methanol and water as mobile phase. Lipids are separated with a good resolution and a high reproducibility. About 5 x 10(6) spermatozoa or 25 microl of seminal plasma are sufficient to accurate quantitative analysis of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidycholine (PC), sphingomyelin (SM) and cholesterol. PC is the predominant phospholipid class in spermatozoa (102+/-8 nmol/10(8) spermatozoa) whereas SM is the major in the SP (163+/-6 nmol/ml). Both in spermatozoa and SP, PI is the minor class of the phospholipids (12+/-1 nmol/10(8) spermatozoa and 24+/-2 nmol/ml). In conclusion, this method offers interesting perspectives for analysis of sperm lipid composition in semen samples with low quantities of spermatozoa.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1387-2273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
740
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
101-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Separation and quantification of cholesterol and major phospholipid classes in human semen by high-performance liquid chromatography and light-scattering detection.
pubmed:affiliation
Biologie de la Reproduction, CECOS, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France. genevieve.grizard@u-clermont1.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't