Emetine ditartrate: A possible lead for emergency contraception

Contraception

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 379-387

  Mehrotra, P K ^a   Kitchlu, S ^a   Dwivedi, A ^a   Agnihotri, P K ^a   Srivastava, S ^a   Roy, R ^a   Bhaduri, A P ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Contraception; Emergency contraceptive; Emetine; Interceptives; Rodents

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; EMETINE; EMETINE DITARTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; RAT; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS; VAGINA PESSARY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALANGIACEAE; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL, SYNTHETIC; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMETINE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UTERUS;

EID: 1942423262     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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