The effect of cadmium and zinc content in sperm on spermogenesis parameters in male infertility

Kostev F. I., Melenevskyi А. D., Varbanets V. А., Pykhteeva Е. G., Bolshoyi D. V., Melenevskyi D. A., Chayka А. М. The effect of cadmium and zinc content in sperm on spermogenesis parameters in male infertility. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2020;10(6):350-363. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2020.10.06.037 https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2020.10.06.037 https://zenodo.org/record/3936019 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2020; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 29.05.2020. Revised: 02.06.2020. Accepted: 30.06.2020. UDК 618.177 The effect of cadmium and zinc content in sperm on spermogenesis parameters in male infertility F. I. Kostev1,2, А. D. Melenevskyi1,2, V. А. Varbanets2, Е. G. Pykhteeva3, D. V. Bolshoyi3, D. A. Melenevskyi2, А. М. Chayka1,2 1Odessa National Medical University 2Odessa city hospital №10 3Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Transport Medicine, Odessa Abstract Relevance: Male infertility is a multifactorial disorder that occurs in about 50% of infertile couples. One of the reasons of infertility may be the increased exposure to toxic elements. Purpose: to study the interaction of cadmium and zinc content in male sperm according to spermogram results. Keywords: male infertility; zinc; cadmium; spermogra