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Abstract
The male antifertility agent (S)-alpha-chlorohydrin (I) is metabolized by boar sperm to (S)-3-chlorolactaldehyde (II) by an enzyme that is involved in the oxidation of glycerol to glyceraldehyde. The presence of glycerol decreases the activity of this enzyme towards (S)-alpha-chlorohydrin in vitro thereby preventing the formation of (S)-3-chlorolactaldehyde, an inhibitor of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase in boar sperm.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6861971 DOI: 10.1007/bf01990326
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754