Research Article

Spermicidal Activity of the Safe Natural Antimicrobial Peptide Subtilosin

Table 1

Ectocervical cell viability after prolonged exposure to subtilosin.

Postexposure cell viability (%)
Exposure time (hrs)Assay #SubtilosinNonoxynol-9 (4%)Miconazole nitrate (4%)dd

4199.114.1ND100
210016.5ND100
24194.8058.4100
289.8058.3100
48173.4079.3100
270.9083.5100