Sperm immobilizing properties of lemon juice

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1529-1530

  Clarke, Gary N ^a   McCoombe, Scott G ^b,c   Short, Roger V ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; LEMON JUICE; MALE; OSMOLALITY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CELLS, CULTURED; CITRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPERM IMMOBILIZING AGENTS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VAGINAL DOUCHING;

EID: 33646099839     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.040     Document Type: Article

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