| 1. | Cotton has gossypol, a toxin that makes it inedible.
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| 2. | These include beta carotene, beta ionone and gossypol.
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| 3. | Other researchers are investigating the anticancer properties of gossypol.
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| 4. | Researchers have suggested gossypol might make a good noninvasive alternative to surgical vasectomy.
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| 5. | Researchers then tried gossypol in a vaginal cream.
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| 6. | However, gossypol also had serious flaws.
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| 7. | In the 1970s, the Chinese government began researching the use of gossypol as a contraceptive.
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| 8. | The same study showed taking potassium supplements during gossypol treatment did not prevent hypokalemia in primates.
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| 9. | This plant contains the chemical gossypol, which reduces its susceptibility to insect and fungal damage.
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| 10. | Gossypol is a phenolic aldehyde that permeates cells and acts as an inhibitor for several dehydrogenase enzymes.
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