THE FORMATION OF LACTIC ACID IN THE VAGINA OF THE ADULT RAT
- 1 June 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 4 (3) , 285-290
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0040285
Abstract
By means of Barker and Summerson''s method the free acid present in the vaginal lumen of the rat (25 rats 5-6 mos. old were used) was found to be lactic acid. The amt. increased rapidly during diestrum, decreased somewhat in early estrus and reached a 2d maximum in full estrus (at time of ovulation). The significance of this 2-peak curve is discussed in relation to present knowledge of the cycles of glycogen deposition and of mitotic activity in the cells of the vaginal epithelium.Keywords
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