Adjudin, a potential male contraceptive, exerts its effects locally in the seminiferous epithelium of mammalian testes

Reproduction

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-580

  Mok, Ka Wai ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Lie, Pearl P Y ^a   Lui, Wing Yee ^b   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUDIN; CDB 4022; GAMENDAZOLE; LONIDAMINE; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; HUMANS; HYDRAZINES; INDAZOLES; INDENES; MALE; PIPERIDINES; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 79955824328     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0464     Document Type: Review

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