MICROBIAL PRODUCTS: NEW SOURCES FOR A PROMISING CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT

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Author Details : Vijay Prabha, Harpreet Vander, Sonia Gupta

Volume : 1, Issue : 1, Year : 2014

Article Page : 91-94

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Abstract

Contraception is a well-known conventional method for stabilizing the world population. Traditional contraceptive techniques that have been used for several years are associated with disadvantages and side effects. There is urgent need of improvements in prevailing birth control methods available to us. Various vaginal contraceptive agents marketed today are chemical or detergent based that are accompanied by numerous negative effects on vaginal flora and epithelium. Therefore, novel mode for birth control that is attaining limelight at the present time is the use of microbial products.

How to cite : Prabha V, Vander H, Gupta S, MICROBIAL PRODUCTS: NEW SOURCES FOR A PROMISING CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT. Indian J Microbiol Res 2014;1(1):91-94

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