CORRELATION BETWEEN THE PROTEIN-BOUND SULFHYDRYL GROUPS AND THE ACTIVITY OF THE CELLS OF THE SEMINAL VESICLE OF THE RAT

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The correlation of the calculated total epithelium of rat seminal vesicle to the quantitatively determined total protein-bound sulfhydryl groups of the vesicle was investigated. The material consisted of nine testosterone-treated, nine castrated and nine control rats. The weight of the seminal vesicle, its epithelium percentage, the calculated total epithelium and the protein-bound sulfhydryl groups Of the vesicle diverged in both the experimental groups significantly from the values of the control group. A fairly good correlation was found between the calculated total epithelium of the vesicle and its calculated total sulfhydryl groups expressed in mol X 10-5. It seems likely that the quantitative determination of protein-bound sulfhydryl groups of the seminal vesicle would be a useful tool in estimating the functional state of this gland.

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