Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 2243-2246 , May 2009

Spermatotoxic effects of Cananga odorata (Lam): a comparison with gossypol

  • Anitha Pankajakshy, M.Sc., M.Phil.
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  • Indira Madambath, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints requests: Indira Madambath, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum, India, 695581 (FAX: +914712418078).

Received 16 January 2008 ,Revised 21 May 2008 ,Accepted 21 May 2008.

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 A.P. has nothing to disclose. I.M. has nothing to disclose.

 Financial support provided by the District Welfare Office for SC/ST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

PII: S0015-0282(08)01235-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.075

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 2243-2246 , May 2009

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