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Abortifacient Agents

Known as: Postconception Contraceptive Agents, Agents, Postconception Contraceptive, Agents, Abortifacient 
Chemical substances that interrupt pregnancy after implantation.
National Institutes of Health

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1994
1994
Structure/function relationship study of Gln156, Glu160 and Glu189 in the active site of trichosanthin.
Trichosanthin is a protein used medicinally in China for abortifacient purposes. It is also an RNA N-glycosidase which… 
1983
1983
Effects of prostaglandin f(2alpha) on corpora lutea formation and function in mated bitches.
Fifteen mated bitches were used to study the effects of prostaglandin F(2alpha) on ovarian endocrine function during the early… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Use of Quinine for Self‐Induced Abortion
ABSTRACT: We present four recent cases in which quinine was used for self-induced abortion. Abortion was achieved in only one of… 
1981
1981
Temporal relationship between the abortifacient effects of GnRH antagonists and hormonal secretion.
Two GnRH antagonists, [Ac-A3-Pro’, pCl-D-Phe2, D-Trp3’6, N#{176}MeLeu’ I -GnRH and lAc-(cid:1)3- Pro’, pF-D-Phe2, D-Trp3’6 I… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Teratogenic action of bis(dichloroacetyl)diamine on rats: patterns of malformations produced in high incidence at time-limited periods of development.
Win 18,446, a bis(dichloroacetyl)diamine, is a drug that was previously shown to suppress spermatogenesis and to be an effective… 
1977
1977
Midtrimester abortion by intraamniotic prostaglandin F2alpha. Safer than saline?
Published reports disagree on the risks of intraamniotic prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha) for midtrimester abortion. To evaluate… 
1975
1975
Insect hormones as tsetse abortifacients
FEMALE tsetse flies produce only one offspring at a time, the larva being retained within the uterus where it is nurtured from… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Therapeutic Abortion by Intrauterine Instillation of Prostaglandins
In a preliminary study of 15 patients the clinical effectiveness of prostaglandins (PGE2 and PGF2α) as abortifacients when… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Aminopterin-induced fetal malformation. Survival of infant after attempted abortion.
IT HAS long been known that administration of aminopterin in early pregnancy usually causes fetal anomalies, fetal death, and… 
Review
1956
Review
1956
The control of reproduction in rats with the aid of antimetabolites and early experiences with antimetabolites as abortifacient agents in man.
In 1948, Thiersch and Philips observed that two or three doses of the potent folic acid antagonist 4-Amino-PGA when given in the…