Some Effects of Vitamin C and Estrogen in Adrenalectomized Guinea Pigs
| Autor: | Berney Lou Brande, Richard Colburn, E. H. Herrick |
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| Rok vydání: | 1956 |
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Vitamin
medicine.medical_specialty Vitamin C Adrenal gland medicine.drug_class business.industry Adrenalectomy medicine.medical_treatment Estrone Complete adrenalectomy Posterior vena cava chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology chemistry Estrogen Internal medicine medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-). 59:343 |
| ISSN: | 0022-8443 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/3626607 |
| Popis: | to the utilization of vitamin C. With these facts in mind, these questions arise: 1. Can guinea pigs continue to live with the adrenal glands removed, if a high level of vitamin C is given? 2. Can guinea pigs utilize another steroid compound, natural estrogen (estrone), after adrenalectomy to maintain life? Complete adrenalectomy in guinea pigs is a difficult operation. On the right side of the body the adrenal gland adheres closely to the posterior vena cava and the gland itself is highly fragile. Apparently this operation has been successful in only a few laboratories. Simmons and Whitehead (1937) reported a method of adrenalectomy in guinea pigs that involved considerable trauma. Their results were somewhat incon |
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