Comparative anti‐fertility effects of gossypol enantiomers in male hamsters
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Andrology
- Vol. 10 (4), 619-623
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2605.1987.tb00361.x
Abstract
The enantiomers of gossypol have been tested as male oral anti-fertility agents in hamsters. As determined by fertility tests the (-) isomer was fully active at half the effective dose of the racemate, whereas the (+) isomer exerted no anti-fertility effect.Keywords
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