Triptonide is a chemical compound found in Tripterygium wilfordii,[1] a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine.[2] A 2021 trial in mice and monkeys suggested that triptonide may offer a reversible male contraceptive.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Triptonide". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
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- ^ Institute, The Lundquist (April 1, 2022). "Male Birth Control Pill: Natural Compound Discovered With "Ideal" Contraceptive Effects". SciTechDaily.
- ^ Chang, Zongliang; Qin, Weibing; Zheng, Huili; Schegg, Kathleen; Han, Lu; Liu, Xiaohua; Wang, Yue; Wang, Zhuqing; McSwiggin, Hayden; Peng, Hongying; Yuan, Shuiqiao; Wu, Jiabao; Wang, Yongxia; Zhu, Shenghui; Jiang, Yanjia; Nie, Hua; Tang, Yuan; Zhou, Yu; Hitchcock, Michael J. M.; Tang, Yunge; Yan, Wei (December 2021). "Triptonide is a reversible non-hormonal male contraceptive agent in mice and non-human primates". Nature Communications. 12 (1): 1253. Bibcode:2021NatCo..12.1253C. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21517-5. PMC 7902613. PMID 33623031.