DISTRIBUTION OF FRUCTOSE, CITRIC ACID, SIALIC ACID AND LIPIDS IN MALE ACCESSORY GLANDS OF THE HAMSTER, MESOCRICETUS AURATUS

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The accessory organs of reproduction in mammals secrete fructose and citric acid but the sites of secretion are different in different mammals (Mann, 1964). The present study is concerned with the sites of formation of fructose and citric acid, as well as of sialic acid and lipids in the accessory organs of reproduction of the golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus. Colony-bred, mature, male hamsters maintained under constant husbandry conditions and weighing between 100 and 125 g were used. At autopsy, the accessory glands were removed, weighed to the nearest 0·2 mg, and used for the estimation of fructose, citric acid (Rajalakshmi & Prasad, 1968) and lipids (Reddy, Prasad & Misra, 1972). The results were briefly as follows. The seminal vesicle secreted both fructose (42·4 ± 6·2 mg/100 g) and citric acid (20·7 ± 5·2 mg/100 g). However, the analysis of the seminal vesicles with and without the secretion showed that both these

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