Experiment 1216838
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | QIAN,SZ:. (1989). TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII, A MALE ANTIFERTILITY PLANT.. () |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | PRETREATMENT SPERM CONCENTRATION: CA. 104 MILLION/ML; AFTER 2 MOS. TREATMENT: CA. 25 MILLION/ML; AFTER 5-6 MOS. TREATMENT: CA. 15-17 MILLION/ML. A LOW SPERM COUNT (ALTHOUGH NOT AZOOSPERMIA) TOGETHER WITH POOR MOTILITY, COULD BE EXPECTED TO IMPAIR FERTILITY, BUT THAT APPARENTLY WAS NOT TESTED FOR. DECREASED SPERMATOGENESIS COULD ALSO ACCOUNT FOR SHRINKAGE OF THE TESTES REPORTED IN ARTHRITIS PATIENTS TAKING AN EXTRACT OF THIS PLANT. |
| Dose amount | 10.0 MG |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | CHROMATOGRAPHIC FRACTION |
| Gender | MALE |