CONTRACEPTIVE PROPERTY OF NITROGEN / OXYGEN SULFUR DONOR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

Fertility regulation is certainly an essential pathway but not sufficient in itself to the optimization of population rise. A large variety of substances both natural and synthetic have been shown to intercept pregnancy either during the pre-implantation or post-implantation stages of pregnancy The development of hormonal contraceptives is one of the greatest scientific achievements of the 20 th Century. About three decades back, some important discoveries were made which opened a new era in the control of conception and fertility, viz: the discovery of the steroidal drugs, including steroidal contraceptives like estradiol and progesterone. This review concern the development on contraceptive property of the Non-Steroidal compounds. The Non-Steroidal compounds with a variety of nitrogen/ oxygen & sulfur donor containing heterocycles developed mainly during last decade is reviewed.