Effects of Chorionic Gonadotropin on Sex Organs of Male Rats Deficient in Essential Fatty Acids.
- 1 November 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 78 (2), 552-554
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-78-19137
Abstract
Rats deficient in essential fatty acids exhibited a marked reduction in prostate and seminal vesicle weight. Admn. of either methyl linoleate or chorionic gonadotropin restored these organs to normal weight.Keywords
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