Meiosis regulating compounds
US6645953B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07J41/0016
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Sterol derivative compounds, structurally related to natural compounds which can be extracted from bull testes and from human follicular fluid, useful for regulating meiosis in oocytes and in male germ cells. Some of these compounds are useful in the treatment of infertility, whereas other compounds are useful as contraceptives.
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