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Article: Safety concerns regarding vaginal use of lemon or lime juice against HIV.(ROUND UP: HIV/AIDS)(preventive methods)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Reproductive Health Matters
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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New data on the potential impact of using lemon or lime juice vaginally were presented at the Alliance for Microbicide Development's annual meeting in March 2006. A pre-clinical study compared cytotoxicity (cell-damaging effect) and anti-HIV activity of lemon and lime juice to that of the spermicide nonoxynol-9 (N-9). When tested on cervical tissue obtained from routine hysterectomies, lemon and lime juice caused damage to cells comparable to that of N-9. Additionally, the concentration of lemon or lime juice that induced cell damage was equivalent to the concentration needed to inhibit HIV replication. When the concentration was reduced to a point ...
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