Effects of chelating agents on the rheological property of cervical mucus

Contraception

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 435-440

  Lee, Chi H ^a   Wang, Yicheng ^a   Shin, Sang Chul ^b   Chien, Yie W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Protein content; Spermicidal activity; Viscosity; Water content

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; EDETIC ACID; M PROTEIN; NONOXINOL 9; WATER; NONOXINOL; SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRATION; LAMB; MALE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER CONTENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VISCOSITY;

ANIMAL; CERVIX MUCUS; CHELATING AGENTS; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONOXYNOL; RHEOLOGY; SEMEN; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISCOSITY; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035991066     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(02)00300-1     Document Type: Article

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