BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

Effect of gossypol on domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus. 1990

N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Domestic fowls (Gallus domesticus) were administered gossypol (10 mg/kg body weight/day) by oral intubation for 15 weeks. Drug treatment did not have any effect on body growth rate. The drug treatment, however, caused a marked decrease in the weights of testis and epididymis. Predominant changes in the histoarchitecture of testis (desquamation of germinal epithelium and inhibition of spermatogenesis) were observed following gossypol treatment. Epididymal tubules in gossypol treated animals were devoid of spermatozoa. Gossypol treatment had no effect on hematological parameters (total erythrocyte count, total leucocyte count, hematocrit and hemoglobin) studied in the present investigations.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009929 Organ Size The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness. Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D001835 Body Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D002645 Chickens Common name for the species Gallus gallus, the domestic fowl, in the family Phasianidae, order GALLIFORMES. It is descended from the red jungle fowl of SOUTHEAST ASIA. Gallus gallus,Gallus domesticus,Gallus gallus domesticus,Chicken
D004822 Epididymis The convoluted cordlike structure attached to the posterior of the TESTIS. Epididymis consists of the head (caput), the body (corpus), and the tail (cauda). A network of ducts leaving the testis joins into a common epididymal tubule proper which provides the transport, storage, and maturation of SPERMATOZOA.
D006072 Gossypol A dimeric sesquiterpene found in cottonseed (GOSSYPIUM). The (-) isomer is active as a male contraceptive (CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE) whereas toxic symptoms are associated with the (+) isomer. Gossypol Dipotassium Salt,Gossypol Sodium Salt,Gossypol, (+)-Isomer,Gossypol, (+-)-Isomer,Gossypol, (-)-Isomer,Dipotassium Salt, Gossypol,Sodium Salt, Gossypol
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013091 Spermatogenesis The process of germ cell development in the male from the primordial germ cells, through SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATIDS; to the mature haploid SPERMATOZOA. Spermatocytogenesis,Spermiogenesis
D013737 Testis The male gonad containing two functional parts: the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES for the production and transport of male germ cells (SPERMATOGENESIS) and the interstitial compartment containing LEYDIG CELLS that produce ANDROGENS. Testicles,Testes,Testicle

Related Publications

N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
The neuroanatomy of the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus).
April 1969, Avian diseases,
N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
Discrimination between individual humans by domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
May 2001, British poultry science,
N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
Juxtaglomerular apparatus in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus).
August 1982, Kidney international. Supplement,
N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
[Karyotype determination in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus)].
January 1967, Sbornik vedeckych praci Lekarske fakulty Karlovy university v Hradci Kralove,
N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
Fusions within the mandible of the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
May 1983, Journal of anatomy,
N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
Effect of anaesthesia on growth hormone secretion in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus).
September 1977, Experientia,
N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
Spectral sensitivity of the domestic fowl (Gallus g. domesticus).
July 1999, British poultry science,
N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
Isolation of dermatophytes and related species from domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
August 2014, Mycopathologia,
N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
Transovular transmission of C. burneti in the domestic fowl (Gallus Gallus domesticus).
January 1959, Journal of hygiene, epidemiology, microbiology, and immunology,
N R Kalla, and V K Chadha, and J Foo
[Experimental infection of the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) with Rickettsia burneti].
May 1957, Ceskoslovenska epidemiologie, mikrobiologie, imunologie,
Copied contents to your clipboard!