Fluorescent pigments from uterus of vitamin E-deficient rats.
Spectrophotofluorometric analyses of the extracts of uterus from sterile rats maintained on a vitamin E-deficient diet for a prolonged period of time indicated that the brown ceroid-like pigments present were highly fluorescent, having characteristics typical of products formed during lipid peroxidation in vivo. The aqueous-methanol layer of the uteral extract from vitamin E-deficient animals had higher fluorescence than the corresponding chloroform layer, indicating the presence of more polar water-soluble pigments than those found in most other tissues so far examined.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*
D010860:Pigments, Biological; D014810:Vitamin E