Development of dimethandrolone 17β-undecanoate (DMAU) as an oral male hormonal contraceptive: Induction of infertility and recovery of fertility in adult male rabbits

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 530-540

  Attardi, Barbara J ^a   Engbring, Jean A ^a   Gropp, David ^a   Hild, Sheri Ann ^a,b  

^a BIOQUAL INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Liver enzymes; Mating trial; Oligospermia; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

7ALPHA 11BETA DIMETHYL 19 NORTESTOSTERONE; DIMETHANDROLONE UNDECANOATE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NANDROLONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIMETHANDROLONE-UNDECANOATE; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NANDROLONE; RABBITS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 80455168343     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.011817     Document Type: Article

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