Chloroquine : An approach to the development of female contraceptive in developing countries

ABSTRACT

Chloroquine phosphate was injected intraperitoneally at 1000h and 1300h into two groups of proestrus; four-day cyclic female Sprague-Dawley rats. Control rats received an equal volume of saline. Next day at 1;000h; the animals were killed and fallopian tubes opened and searched for number of ova released. Thus chloroquine represents another approach toward development of female contraceptive