[The effect of thalicoside on reproductive function in an experiment].

Talicoside, a triterpene glycoside from Thalictrum minus L., given in an oral dose og 1 mg/kg for 5 days was demonstrated to cause ovulation stimulation induced by intravenously injecting 1.2% solution of copper acetate into the rabbits.

[An experimental study of sulprostone as an agent in preparation for abortion].

The prostaglandin E sulprostone was studied in experiments on pregnant rats. It was shown to stimulate the bioelectrical activity of the uterus, by increasing the amplitude and frequency of biological potentials. Sulprostone was found to have abortive and embryotoxic effects which were especially pronounced during placentation.

[The clinico-pharmacological characteristics of anteovin].

The clinical and laboratory studies carried out on 160 women showed a high contraceptive effect and good tolerance of anteovine. The contraceptive effect of the biphasic drug is determined by its antiovulatory action concurrent with inhibition of the basal periovulatory secretion of gonadotropins and secretion of sex hormones.

[Acetomepregenol in the treatment of threatened late miscarriages (clinico-experimental study)].

A new Soviet synthetic gestagen, acetomepregenol, was used to control threatened abortion in 46 patients, aged 20 to 40 years. The use of acetomepregenol was shown to be justified as part of combined treatment in cases where the cause of threatened abortion is depressed ovarian activity.