CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF UTERINE SECRETIONS

Abstract

Uterine fluids obtained from rats and rabbits resemble each other chemically. They resemble the uterine fluid of the dog in the high content of water and low concs. of protein, glucose and inorganic phosphate; the principal cation is Na. They differ in having an alkaline pH, a high total CO2 content, with the chloride conc. at the plasma level. No significant differences in chemical composition were detected in fluid obtained by pilocarpine stimulation from uterine fistulae or in closed segments without stimulation. Injs. of estrogen alone in spayed rats produced the uterine fluid typical of the normal rat.