Intravaginal toxicity studies of a gel-microemulsion formulation of spermicidal vanadocenes in rabbits

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 104-112

  D'Cruz, Osmond J ^a   Uckun, Fatih M ^a  

^a PARKER HUGHES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptives; Gel microemulsion; Intravaginal; Spermicide; Vanadocenes

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DERIVATIVE; VANADIUM DERIVATIVE; VANADOCENE ACETYLACETONATO MONOTRIFLATE; VANADOCENE DITHIOCARBAMATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; GEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROEMULSION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VAGINA;

EID: 0035862907     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.2000.9089     Document Type: Article

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