Seasonal and sexual influences on rabbit atropinesterase.
Atropinesterase was found in 61.17% of 6686 New Zealand White rabbits of both sexes studied over 2.5 years. Significantly more males possessed the enzyme, there was a significant difference in atropinesterase frequencies in males versus females in the winter and summer seasons, and a significant decrease in the frequency of atropinesterase-positive females during the winter.
D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits / Q000378:metabolism*; D012025:Reflex, Pupillary / Q000187:drug effects; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors
D001285:Atropine; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C023201:tropinesterase