Gossypol-induced hypokalemia and role of exogenous potassium salt supplementation when used as an antispermatogenic agent in male langur monkey

Contraception

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-256

  Kumar, Mukesh ^a   Sharma, Subrat ^b   Lohiya, N K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Contraception; Gossypol acetic acid; Hypokalemia; Langur monkeys

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; GOSSYPOL ACETIC ACID; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; POTASSIUM INTAKE; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE--ADMINISTRACTION AND DOSAGE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE--PHARMACODYNAMICS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS--ADMINISTRACTION AND DOSAGE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS--PHARMACODYNAMICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; GOSSYPOL--ADMINISTRACTION AND DOSAGE; GOSSYPOL--PHARMACODYNAMICS; HEMIC SYSTEM; INDIA; MALE CONTRACEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM ION LEVEL; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPERMATOGENESIS BLOCKING AGENTS;

ANIMALS; ANTISPERMATOGENIC AGENTS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COHORT STUDIES; GOSSYPOL; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SPERM COUNT; TIME FACTORS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0030694896     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(97)00134-0     Document Type: Article

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