SIALIC ACID CONCENTRATIONS IN THE PITUITARY GLANDS OF NORMAL AND OVARIECTOMIZED RATS.
The concentration of sialic acid in the anterior pituitary gland of young female rats is approximately 250 micromoles per 100 grams. After ovariectomy there is a marked and persistent rise in pituitary sialic acid; this increase is probably related to the known increase in the production of gonadotrophic hormones.
D002369:Castration; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D009438:Neuraminic Acids; D010053:Ovary; D010902:Pituitary Gland; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior; D051381:Rats; D012106:Research
D009438:Neuraminic Acids; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
CASTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FSH; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LH; NEURAMINIC ACIDS; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS