Plant immunomodulators for termination of unwanted pregnancy and for contraception and reproductive health

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 190-192

  Talwar, G P ^a   Raghuvanshi, Poonam ^a   Misra, Rachna ^a   Mukherjee, Sutapa ^a   Shah, Sangeeta ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

baboons; Candida albicans; CD4 and CD8 cells; cytokines; Gonorrhoea; Herpes; HIV 1; Neem leaf extracts; Neem seed; rats; saponins; spermicidal

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIRTH CONTROL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRACEPTION; CREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; VAGINA PESSARY; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0030894012     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.1997.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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