THE SUBSTANCE IN HUMAN SEMINAL FLUID AFFECTING UTERINE MUSCLE

31 July 1935

journal article
research article
Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content

Vol. 112 (4) , 577-580
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1935.112.4.577

Abstract

The pharmacologic action of more than 200 specimens of human semen, studied on excised strips of muscle from more than 400 human uteri, is related to the physiologic mechanism of insemination. The contracting action is due to acetylcholine or some similar substance in concn. above the normal. The normal relaxing effect appears to be also due to acetylcholine.