EFFECT OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE ON PROGESTIN LEVELS IN RABBIT CORPORA LUTEA

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HELEN E. KELLEY
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F. STORMSHAK
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Summary.

Rabbits were injected intravenously with luteinizing hormone (lh) or saline solution on Day 9 of pseudopregnancy and killed ½, 24 or 48 hr later. Corpora lutea of lh-treated animals had decreased significantly in size and progesterone content at 24 and 48 hr compared to corpora lutea of control rabbits. Luteal content and concentration of 20α-hydroxypregn-4-en-3-one were increased at ½ hr but decreased over the next 48 hr.

 

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