EFFECT OF dl-α-TOCOPHEROL ACETATE ON PROGESTERONE METABOLISM

Abstract
In 10 postmenopausal women, the excretion of urinary pregnanediol after injn. of progesterone was increased by DL-alpha-tocopherol acetate treatment. The effect was statistically highly significant. The result is interpreted as a shift in progesterone metabolism in favor of pregnanediol production, provoked by the antioxidative effect of alpha-tocopherol. A method is described for the detn. of as little as 0.2-0.8 mg. of pregnanediol in 100 or 1000 cc. of urine. Up to 30 detns. a week can be made by 2 persons.
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