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Bertrand and Vladesco1 were the first to show the remarkably high concentration of zinc in the human prostate. The figures obtained by them were 0.49 and 0.53 mgm./gm. dry weight. Mawson and Fischer2 found the average zinc concentration in 7 normal human prostates to be 0.859 mgm./gm. dry weight. Hoare et al.3 found an average of 0.744 mgm./gm. dry weight in 19 normal human prostates. Higher zinc-levels have been reported in human spermatozoa (1.998 mgm./gm. dry weight)4, in human seminal plasma (3.1 mgm./gm. dry weight)5, and in 3 specimens of human carcinoid tissue (av. 1.702 mgm./gm. dry weight)6 (Table 1).
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MACKENZIE, A., HALL, T. & WHITMORE, W. Zinc Content of Expressed Human Prostatic Fluid. Nature 193, 72–73 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193072a0
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