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      Evidence for a Role of Androgens in the Growth and Maturation of Ovarian Follicles in Rats

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          Changes in the morphology and steroid content of ovaries were studied after 48 h of intravenous injection of 100 µg of cyproterone acetate or flutamide to diestrus or estrous rats. Treatment with cyproterone acetate at diestrus caused a decrease in the number of small follicles ( < 200 µm), freshly formed corpora lutea and the levels of estradiol-17 β in the ovary, suggesting inhibition of ovulation. Following flutamide administration at diestrus, the number of follicles at all stages of development were reduced with a concomitant decrease in the ovarian levels of the hormones. Thus, flutamide suppressed the growth and maturation of follicles. On administration of these drugs at estrous, the steroid content of ovaries was more pari passu with the increase in the number of mature and medium follicles. The differential effects of the two drugs are discussed in the light of these observations.

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          Journal
          HRE
          Horm Res Paediatr
          10.1159/issn.1663-2818
          Hormone Research in Paediatrics
          S. Karger AG
          1663-2818
          1663-2826
          1978
          1978
          25 November 2008
          : 9
          : 2
          : 112-120
          Affiliations
          Biomedical Division, National Institute of Health and Family Planning, New Delhi
          Article
          178903 Horm Res 1978;9:112–120
          10.1159/000178903
          564325
          6e0d7710-7c91-4e76-a87a-479ce3504020
          © 1978 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 30 March 1977
          : 06 June 1977
          Page count
          Pages: 9
          Categories
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          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          Corpora lutea,Rat,Cyproterone acetate,Estrous,Diestrus,Hormone analysis,Flutamide,Follicles

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