Experiment 1216836

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeGASTRIC INTUBATION
OrganismTripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE)
CitationXU,Y: ZHONG,CQ: QIAN,SZ:. (1986). STUDIES ON THE REVERSIBILITY OF THE ANTIFERTILITY EFFECT OF TOTAL GLYCOSIDES OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII HOOK.F. (GTW) IN MALE RATS.. ()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseIT IS REPORTED THAT THE RATS BECAME INFERTILE DURING 8 WKS OF TREATMENT, THAT TREATMENT WAS CONTINUED TWO MORE WKS, AND THAT FERTILITY RETURNED 5 WKS AFTER CESSATION OF 10 WKS TREATMENT. THE TIME FRAME SEEMS COMPATIBLE WITH AN INHIBITION OF SPERM FORMATION, BUT THEY REPORT ONLY THE NORMALITY OF SPERM DENSITY AFTER RECOVERY OF FERTILITY. NORMAL MATING BEHAVIOR IS ALSO REPORTED, APPARENTLY DURING TREATMENT, BUT THEY DO NOT REPORT HOW THAT WAS DETERMINED. IF SPERM IS SEEN IN THE MATED FEMALES, THAT WOULD NEGATE THE MECHANISM OF INHIBITION OF SPERM FORMATION.
Dose amount10.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalRAT
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractGLYCOSIDE MIXTURE
GenderMALE