ATP Content: An Indicator of Sperm Metabolic Fitness

Review Data

Q: Is the topic relevant to the journal's area of interest? Is it contemporary and interesting for

researchers?

A: Very good

Abstract & Keywords

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A: Excellent

Goal

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A: Very good

Structure

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A: Very good

Tools and Methods

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A: Very good

Discussion & Conclusion

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A: Very good

Comments:

The study is well designed and executed. The experiments performed are really convincing and the observations are properly explained and discussed in the Discussion section. The Results are well supported with briefly explained table. The study shows that the ATP content of an ejaculate differs from other established semen variables and may identify a population of metabolically active or “effective” sperm in an ejaculate. The article provides relevant information about a new research perspective that can be further analysed.

Literature

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A: Good

Author's knowledge

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A: Very good

Length

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A: Good

Figures & Tables

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A: Very good

Writing style

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A: Very good

Further comments on the paper

Comments: This study aims to determine the association of sperm adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content with the standard sperm parameters and among different populations of sperm within an ejaculate. The study holds significance as a test that can simultaneously assess the normalcy of most of the known sperm characteristics of a population of sperm that has not yet been achieved. The rapid, quantitative ATP assay in this article provides new information regarding the overall metabolic function of the ejaculate and is independent of other semen variables.

Q: Would you recommend this manuscript for further publication?

A: Yes - Suitable to be published

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