Neutral sugar composition of proteins of human seminal plasma from different andrological diagnoses

The neutral sugar content of proteins of human seminal plasma from different clinical diagnoses has been determined by gas-liquid-chromatography. Galactose, mannose, glucose and fucose were the predominant carbohydrates. Sometimes small quantities of arabinose, rhamnose, xylose and ribose were detected. Our analysis indicate that the concentration of galactose and fucose was distinctly higher in the group with azoospermia.