Fucoidin inhibits the zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa.

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Published in Contraception on December 01, 1991

Authors

M C Mahony1, S Oehninger, G F Clark, A A Acosta, G D Hodgen

Author Affiliations

1: Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk 23510.

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