Evaluation of the spermicidal and contraceptive activity of Platycodin D, a saponin from Platycodon grandiflorum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Lu, Zongliang ^a,c   Wang, Leiguang ^b   Zhou, Rui ^a,c   Qiu, Yi ^b   Yang, Liuna ^a   Zhang, Chanyu ^d   Cai, Min ^e   Mi, Mantian ^c   Xu, Hongxia ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Provincial Family Planning Institute of Science and Technology   (China)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Chongqing Institute of Population and Family Planning   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PLATYCODIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLATYCODON; RAT; SAFETY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMICIDICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAGINA; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COMET ASSAY; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PLATYCODON; RATS; SAPONINS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; SPERMATOZOA; TRITERPENES; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896728427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082068     Document Type: Article

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