EFFECTS OF PLACENTOPHAGY ON SERUM PROLACTIN AND PROGESTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN RATS AFTER PARTURITION OR SUPER-OVULATION
EFFECTS OF PLACENTOPHAGY ON SERUM PROLACTIN AND PROGESTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN RATS AFTER PARTURITION OR SUPER-OVULATION
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DOI:
10.1530/jrf.0.0600273
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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FRIESEN, HG
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BLANK, MS;FRIESEN, HG
In rats that were allowed to eat the placentae after parturition concentrations of serum prolactin [PRL] were elevated on day 1 but concentrations of serum progesterone [P] were depressed on days 6 and 8 post partum when compared to those of rats prevented from eating the placentae. In rats treated with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin to induce superovulation serum PL and P values were significantly (P < 0.05) elevated on days 3 and 5, respectively, after being fed 2 g rat placenta/day for 2 days. Feeding each rat 4 g placenta/day significantly (P < 0.02) lowered serum P on day 5. Estrogen injections or bovine or human placenta in the diet had no effect. The organic phase of a petroleum ether extract of rat placenta (2 g-equivalents/day) lowered peripheral concentrations of P on day 5, but other extracts were ineffective. Evidently rat placenta contains orally-active substance(s) which modify blood levels of pituitary and ovarian hormones.