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 # | Subtilosin | Nonoxynol-9 (4%) | Miconazole nitrate (4%) | dd |
| 4 | 1 | 99.1 | 14.1 | ND | 100 | | 2 | 100 | 16.5 | ND | 100 | 24 | 1 | 94.8 | 0 | 58.4 | 100 | | 2 | 89.8 | 0 | 58.3 | 100 | 48 | 1 | 73.4 | 0 | 79.3 | 100 | | 2 | 70.9 | 0 | 83.5 | 100 |
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