Effects of Maternal Progesterone Supplementation on Fetal, Placental and Corpus Luteal Weights in the Rat
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 15 (1) , 84-89
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod15.1.84
Abstract
Progesterone, at five times normal 24 h endogenous production rates, was administered daily to 37 rats over Days 2 to 10, 11 to 17 or 2 to 21 of gestation: term is Day 23. Peanut oil, the vehicle, was administered alone to 18 control rats over Days 2 to 21. The effect of treatment on fetal, placental and corpus luteal weights was examined on Day 22 of gestation.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: