Experiment 1081667
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Gossypium hirsutum (MALVACEAE) |
| Citation | LIU,BS:. (1957). THE PROPOSITION OF BIRTH CONTROL BY COTTON SEED OIL.. 6() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | AN OBSERVATION THAT IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN CHINA(JIANG-SU) NONE OF 30 FAMILIES HAD PRODUCED A SINGLE CHILD. THEY WERE ALL WEALTHY FARMERS,BUT ALSO VERY THRIFTY. THE TIME PERIOD WAS ABOUT 1915-1920. THESE FAMILIES ALWAYS ATE THE MOST INEXPENSIVE FOOD AND DURING A PERIOD OF ABOUT 10 YEARS(THE PERIOD DURING WHICH NO CHILDREN WERE BORN) COTTONSEED OIL WAS CHEAPER THAN SOYBEAN OIL: THE LATTER BEING USED FOR COOKING IN OTHER VILLAGES. LATER,SOYBEAN OIL BECAME CHEAPER THAN COTTONSEED OIL AND WAS USED FOR COOKING IN PLACE OF CRUDE COTTONSEED OIL. FOLLOWING THIS,ALL COUPLES SEEMED TO START PRODUCING CHILDREN. |
| Number | 1 |
| Pharmacological activity | 150 |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |