Effects of bilateral hysterectomy on the hepatic lipid reserves in rats.
Wistar adult female rats have been hysterectomized. Compared to controls, these hysterectomized animals presented significant increase in body weight, due to lipid accumulation. Their liver had significantly higher tissue somatic index due to identical deposition of lipid fractions. Development of these lipid reserves can be related to ovary inactivation, as shown by estradiol low levels in blood.
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Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India.
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Govindappa
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D000818:Animals; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000494:pharmacology; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006064:Gonadotropins, Equine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007044:Hysterectomy; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015430:Weight Gain
D006064:Gonadotropins, Equine; D004958:Estradiol; D015237:Dinoprost