The potential impact of novel investigational compounds on human fertility

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1179-1189

  Fraser, Lynn R ^a   Adeoya Osiguwa, Susan A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Amfetamine; cAMP; Capacitation; Cathine; Enhanced fertility; Estrogenic xenobiotic; Genistein; Infertility

Indexed keywords

8 PRENYLNARINGENIN; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; AMPHETAMINE; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CATHINONE; EPHEDRINE; ESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; NONYLPHENOL; NOREPHEDRINE; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENCE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE;

EID: 33750267692     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.15.10.1179     Document Type: Review

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