Designed Chemical Intervention with Thiols for Prophylactic Contraception

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Sharma, Monika ^a   Kumar, Lokesh ^a   Jain, Ashish ^a   Verma, Vikas ^a   Sharma, Vikas ^a   Kushwaha, Bhavana ^a   Lal, Nand ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Rawat, Tara ^a   Dwivedi, Anil K ^a   Maikhuri, Jagdamba P ^a   Sharma, Vishnu L ^a   Gupta, Gopal ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL PYRROLIDINE 1 CARBODITHIOATE; BENZYL PYRROLIDINE 1 CARBODITHIOATE; EXCIPIENT; HEXOKINASE; ISOBUTYL PYRROLIDINE 1 CARBODITHIOATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NONOXINOL 9; PLACEBO; PYRROLIDINIUM PYRROLIDINE 1 CARBODITHIOATE; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; THIOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SPECIFICITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBICIDAL ACTIVITY; MUCOADHESION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM; SPERMICIDICITY; TRICHOMONACIDAL ACTIVITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; ANIMAL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; LEPORIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; VAGINA;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DRUG DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; SPERMATOZOA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA;

EID: 84879525390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067365     Document Type: Article

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