Contraceptive efficacy and safety of HerbOshield™ vaginal gel in rats

Contraception

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-127

  Singh, Kamalinder K ^a   Parmar, Shruti ^a   Tatke, Pratima A ^a  

^a SNDT WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Annona squamosa Linn.; HerbOshield ; Rats; Seed extract; Spermicidal; Vaginal gel

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; NONOXINOL 9; SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANNONA SQUAMOSA; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANNONA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; VAGINA; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 82755160860     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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