Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1996; 62(2): 130-132DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957834 Papers © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Inhibitory Effects of Some Steroidal Saponins on Human Spermatozoa in vitro Yi-Fei Wang2 , Xing-Cong Li1 , Hong-Ying Yang3 , Jun-jian Wang2 , Chong-Ren Yang1 1Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China 2Department of Biomedicinal Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China 3Yunnan Family Planning Institute, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract Twenty-nine C-27 steroidal saponins were tested for the inhibitory effects on human spermatozoa in vitro by means of a modified Sander-Cramer method. Twelve of them are responsible for this activity. The structure-activity relationship is discussed. Key words Steroidal saponins - inhibitory effects - human spermatozoa PDF (198 kb)
