Journal article
Calotropin - a novel compound for fertility control.
Abstract
Calotropin isolated and characterized from the roots of Calotropis procera when administered to gerbils (25mg/kg b.wt) and rabbits (25mg; kg b.wt) each day for a period of 30 days inhibited the process of spermatogenesis. The population of spermatids was depleted by 65% and 94% in gerbils and rabbits. The seminiferous tubules and the Leydig cell nuclei diameters were reduced in both the species.The production of mature Leydig cells were …
Authors
Gupta RS; Sharma N; Dixit VP
Journal
Ancient Science of Life, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 224–230
Publication Date
April 1990
ISSN
0257-7941