Isolation of a non-steroidal contragestative agent from Sri Lankan marine red alga, Gelidiella acerosa

Contraception

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 379-383

  Premakumara, G A S ^a   Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Tillekeratne, L M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

anti progesterone; fertility; Gelidiella acerosa; post coital contraceptives; rat; red algae; sphingosine

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SPHINGOSINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FERTILITY; RED ALGA; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ASIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, POSTCOITAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ALGAE, RED; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; SPHINGOSINE;

EID: 0030561107     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(96)00198-9     Document Type: Article

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