Comparative study on the spermicidal activity of organic solvent fractions from hydroethanolic extracts of Achyranthes aspera and Stephania hernandifolia in human and rat sperm

Contraception

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-361

  Paul, Daniel ^a   De, Debasis ^a   Ali, Kazi Monjur ^a   Chatterjee, Kausik ^a   Nandi, Dilip K ^b   Ghosh, Debidas ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

5 Nucleotidase; Achyranthes aspera; Male contraceptive; Stephania hernandifolia; Vaginal contraceptive

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ENZYME; HEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; STEPHANIA HERNANDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEPHANIA; STEPHANIA HERNANDIFOLIA;

ACHYRANTHES; ACROSOME; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SOLVENTS; SPERM IMMOBILIZING AGENTS; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; SPERMATOZOA; STEPHANIA;

EID: 77749246184     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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