OESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS: ASSAY BY INHIBITION OF VAGINAL CORNIFICATION
- 1 January 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Journal of Endocrinology
- Vol. 28 (2) , 199-203
- https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.0280199
Abstract
SUMMARY: Spayed mice drinking dilute aqueous solutions of oestrone (40 μg./1.) maintain a state of vaginal cornification for several weeks. A single injection of progesterone inhibits the vaginal response and the degree of inhibition can be measured. The ED 50 of progesterone by this method is about 75 μg. A satisfactory 3 + 3-point assay of megestrol acetate, using progesterone as a standard, is reported.Keywords
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