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A Reproduction and Teratology Study with Gossypol

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Following the initial report from China in 1978 of the antifertility effect of gossypol in human males [1], antifertility studies have been conducted in various species: rats [2, 3, 4, 5], mice [6], hamsters [7, 8, 9], rabbits [10, 11], and monkeys [12]. Differential susceptibility among species exist: hamsters appear to be the most susceptible and mice and rabbits the least susceptible to the antifertility effects of gossypol [13, 14, 15]. The physiological and medical aspects of gossypol have been reviewed [16].

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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Beaudoin, A.R. (1985). A Reproduction and Teratology Study with Gossypol. In: Segal, S.J. (eds) Gossypol. Reproductive Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2809-4_10

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