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Measurement of leptin and insulin-like growth factor-I in seminal plasma from different species
B R Lackey1, S L Gray, D M Henricks
1Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, Clemson University, SC 29634, USA. blackey@clemson.edu
Physiological Research
|September 18, 2002
Abstract:
The multi-functional proteins, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and leptin were present in seminal plasma from different species. Concentrations of IGF-I in equine and porcine semen were 20 and 17.5 ng/ml, respectively. Seminal plasma concentrations of leptin were 1 ng/ml in human and 11 ng/ml in porcine samples.