title: INSECT FERTILITY: INHIBITION BY FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVES.
abstract: Folic acid antagonists inhibited oviposition by screw-worm flies [Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel); Diptera: Calliphoridae]. Fertility was unaltered when sufficient folic acid was administered simultaneously, or it was partly restored spontaneously about 2 weeks after treatment. Folic acid antagonists principally affected only maturing eggs at any age, rather than those already matured.
mesh_terms: D000630:Aminopterin; D000818:Animals; D005298:Fertility; D005492:Folic Acid; D005493:Folic Acid Antagonists; D007313:Insecta; D008727:Methotrexate; D010600:Pharmacology; D012106:Research
chemical_list: D005493:Folic Acid Antagonists; D005492:Folic Acid; D000630:Aminopterin; D008727:Methotrexate
keywords: AMINOPTERIN; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FERTILITY; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; INSECTS; METHOTREXATE; PHARMACOLOGY