Levodopa, Fertility, and Longevity
- 29 April 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 196 (4289) , 549-551
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.850799
Abstract
High concentrations of the dopaminergic drug levodopa (L-dopa, L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) administered to mice in their diet affected fertility to a moderate degree and prolonged the mean life-span by a maximum of 50 percent.Keywords
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