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. 1984 Aug;18(2):258–262. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1984.tb02466.x

The stimulatory effects of caffeine, theophylline, lysine-theophylline and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine on human sperm motility.

C S Jiang, S A Kilfeather, R M Pearson, P Turner
PMCID: PMC1463533  PMID: 6207849

Abstract

The potencies of caffeine, theophylline, lysine-theophylline and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) in stimulating sperm motility have been compared, and we have found IBMX to be significantly more potent than the other three compounds, which did not exhibit significant differences in potency from each other.

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