Morphological studies of the pigment present in the seminal vesicles of orchidectomized hamsters, and the preventive action of vitamin E and methylene blue.
Authors studies the histological and electromicroscopical picture of the seminal vesicles of hamsters after orchidectomy, after orchidectomy and Vitamin E feeding and after orchidectomy and Methylene Blue treatment. They states that 120 days after orchidectomy large amounts of lipofuscin and lamellar structures, myelin-like forms developed in the cytoplasm of the epithelial cells and macrophages of the seminal vesicles. Vitamin E feeding inhibited the appearance of lipofuscin, while Methylene Blue significantly reduced the amount of lipofuscin.
D000818:Animals; D002369:Castration; D006224:Cricetinae; D008062:Lipofuscin / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology*
D008062:Lipofuscin; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D014810:Vitamin E; D008751:Methylene Blue