The spermostatic and microbicidal actions of quinones and maleimides: Toward a dual-purpose contraceptive agent

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-124

  Hughes, Louise M ^a   Griffith, Renate ^a   Carey, Alison ^c   Butler, Trent ^a   Donne, Scott W ^a   Beagley, Ken W ^c   Aitken, R John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 ANTHRAQUINONE; 1,4 BENZOQUINONE; 2 BROMANIL; 2 BROMO 4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2 BROMO 5 CHLORO 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2 CHLORANIL; 2 CHLORO 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2 CHLORO 5 PHENYL 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2 METHYL 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2 PHENYL 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2,2' BIS(4 NAPHTHOQUINONE); 2,3 DICHLORO 4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2,3,7 TRICHLORO 5 HYDROXY 4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2,5 DIBROMO 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2,5 DICHLORO 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2,5 DIIODO 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2,6 DIBROMO 3,5 DIMETHYL 4 BENZOQUINONE; 2,6 DICHLORO 4 BENZOQUINONE; 4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 5 BENZOYLOXY 4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 5',5' DIMETHYL 2,2' BI 4 BENZOQUINONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BISMALEIMIDE; JUGLONE; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; N PHENYLMALEIMIDE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHLAMYDIA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERMATOSTASIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

A KINASE ANCHOR PROTEINS; ALKYLATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALEIMIDES; QUINONES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 67649863481     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.108.053645     Document Type: Article

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