Experiment 1134439

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeGASTRIC INTUBATION
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationSOUFIR,JC: DANTEC,MC: JEGOU,B: FOLLIOT,R: GARNIER,DH: ANDRE,J: STELLY,N:. (1984). EPIDIDYMAL EFFECTS OF GOSSYPOL.. 1984(II)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseDAILY DOSING,SIX DAYS PER WEEK,FOR FIVE WEEKS PRODUCED NO CHANGE IN TESTIS WEIGHT,TESTIS MORPHOLOGY(INCLUDING GERM CELLS)SERTOLI CELL FUNCTION(NOTABLY TESTICULAR FLUID PRODUCTION)OR LEYDIG CELL FUNCTION. (SERUM TESTOSTERONE,IN VITRO TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTION).THERE WERE STRIKING ALTERATIONS OF EPIDIDYMAL FUNCTION,INCLUDING REDUCED EPIDIDYMAL WEIGHTS,DECREASES IN BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF EPIDIDYMAL SECRETION(CARNITINE,INOSITOL),MAJOR ULTRASTRUCTURALCHANGES. IN EPITHELIAL CELLS WITH PINOCYTOSIS ENHANCED BY A GENERAL VACUOLATION OF THE CYTOPLASM AND PROFOUNDLY ALTERED SPERM MOTILITY AND MORPHOLOGY.
Dose amount20-30 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalRAT
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
GenderMALE