Table 2.

Physiological and therapeutic actions of amygdalin on reproductive processes.

Dose of Amygdaline	Treatment Time	Experimental Model	Actions	Nature of Effect	Ref.
		In vivo studies
100 mg/kg/day orally	2 weeks	male mice	antioxidant effect	positive	[38]
0.6 mg/kg b.w./day i.m.	28 days	male rabbits	antioxidant effect	positive	[43]
5 mg/kg/week i.p.	42 days	female rats	protective effect against endometriosis	positive	[53]
		In vitro studies
0.5, 1, 2.5 and 5 mg/mL	5 h	rabbit spermatozoa	stimulatory effect	positive	[60]
1, 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000 µg/mL	24 h	porcine ovarian cells	stimulatory effect	positive	[61,62,63,64]