Gossypol blood levels and inhibition of spermatogenesis in men taking gossypol as a contraceptive. A multicenter, international, dose-finding study

Contraception

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-67

  Coutinho, Elsimar M ^a   Athayde, Célia ^a   Atta, Gabriel ^a   Gu, Zhi Ping ^b   Chen, Zhen Wen ^c   Sang, Guo Wei ^d   Emuveyan, Edward ^e   Adekunle, Adeyemi O ^f   Mati, Japheth ^g   Otubu, Joseph ^h   Reidenberg, Marcus M ⁱ   Segal, Sheldon J ^j  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

ⁱ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j S to S Coop in Repro Health   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Gossypol; Plasma gossypol levels; Potassium levels; Reversibility; Spermatogenesis suppression

Indexed keywords

ANTISPERMATOGENIC AGENT; GOSSYPOL; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMERICAS; ASIA; BRAZIL; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; EASTERN ASIA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; GOSSYPOL; KENYA; LATIN AMERICA; NIGERIA; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPERMATOGENESIS BLOCKING AGENTS; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHINA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GOSSYPOL; HUMANS; KENYA; KINETICS; MALE; NIGERIA; POTASSIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 17344381155     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00117-1     Document Type: Article

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