Experiment 1216850

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismMalvaviscus conzattii (MALVACEAE)
CitationBHARGAVA,SK:. (1988). MALE ANTIFERTILITY EFFECT OF MALVIDIN CHLORIDE FROM MALVAVISCUS CONZATTII GREENUM FLOWERS IN LANGUR MONKEYS.. 57(24)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseMALVIDIN CHLORIDE WAS FED ORALLY DAILY FOR 60 DAYS FOLLOWED BY SURGICAL REMOVAL OF TESTES AND EPIDIDYMIDES AND HISTOLOGIC EXAMINATION. THE EFFECT SEEN COULD SIMPLY REPRESENT AN OVERALL TOXIC EFFECT ON THE TESTES, OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN INHIBITION OF GONADOTROPIC STIMULATION OF THE TESTES. HOWEVER, THAT CANNOT BE ANSWERED, SINCE HORMONAL MEASUREMENTS WERE NOT DONE. THE 0.5 KG DIFFERENCE IN MEAN BODY WEIGHTS BETWEEN THE MALVIDIN TREATED AND CONTROL GROUPS PROBABLY HAD NO EFFECT, BUT IT IS CURIOUS.
Dose amount50.0 MG
Number2
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalMONKEY(PRESBYTIS)
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
GenderMALE