Combining a synthetic spermicide with a natural trichomonacide for safe, prophylactic contraception

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 242-252

  Jain, Ashish ^a   Kumar, Lokesh ^a   Kushwaha, Bhavana ^a   Sharma, Monika ^a   Pandey, Aastha ^a   Verma, Vikas ^a   Sharma, Vikas ^a   Singh, Vishal ^a   Rawat, Tara ^a   Sharma, Vishnu L ^a   Maikhuri, Jagdamba P ^a   Gupta, Gopal ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

DSE 37; Sapindus saponins; Spermicide; Trichomonas vaginalis; Vaginal contraception

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENT; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOCORTIN 5; NONOXINOL 9; PHALLOIDIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SAPONIN; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPINDACEAE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURFACE TENSION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA FLORA;

DSE-37; SAPINDUS SAPONINS; SPERMICIDE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINAL CONTRACEPTION;

AMINOQUINOLINES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DISULFIDES; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; PHALLOIDINE; RABBITS; SAPINDUS; SEMEN; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; SPERMATOZOA; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84893124820     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det423     Document Type: Article

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