Effect of vitamin A nutritional status on the growth of oestrogen-primed chick oviduct.
Growth and development of the oestrogen-primed oviduct of immature chicks in terms of weight, length, total protein, total RNA, total DNA and total phospholipids are markedly arrested on deprivation of vitamin A; supplementation with retinyl acetate reversed the effect of the deficiency almost fully, whereas retinoic acid was only partly effective.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002645:Chickens; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D009929:Organ Size; D010057:Oviducts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000503:physiopathology*
D004958:Estradiol; D014212:Tretinoin