VITAMIN A AND THE VAGINAL RESPONSE TO SEX HORMONES IN THE RAT1

Abstract
I. Vit. A deficiency does not increase the sensitivity of the castrate rat vagina to administered estrogens. Excess vit. A does not inhibit the response of the vagina to administered estrogens in the castrate nor the response to endogenous estrogens in the normal rat.[long dash]II. Vit. A deficiency accompanied by cornifica-tion of the vaginal epithelium inhibits the mucifying action of testosterone propionate on the epithelium in the castrate rat.

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