TY - JOUR
AU - Jensen, C E
AB - Relatively few systematic investigations have been performed on the follicular fluid, although this fluid generally is considered to be highly important for the ovulatory mechanism (Thomsen, 1919). The liquor has been found to contain proteins (Tafuri & Testa, 1927, 1928), lipids (Parhon, 1925), a-oestradiol (MacCorquodale et al., 1936), progesterone (Edgar, 1952), glycogen and carbohydrate-protein complexes (Harter, 1948), sulpho-mucopolysaccharides (Odeblad, 1952, 1954, Jensen & Zachariae, 1958) and inorganic salts (Tafuri & Testa, 1927). The physiological significance of the mucopolysaccharide content has been stressed by Odeblad (1954), but the functional significance of the mucopolysaccharides during maturation of the follicles and ovulation has not been clarified. Histochemical studies, however, have shown a decrease in the metachromatic staining properties during growth of the follicles, indicating a chemical change of these substances (Wislocki et al., 1947). In the following paper Jensen & Zachariae (1958) describe some chemical properties of mucopolysaccharides isolated from bovine liquor folliculi.
TI - Studies on the Mechanism of Ovulation
JF - European Journal of Endocrinology
DO - 10.1530/acta.0.0270343
DA - 1958-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/studies-on-the-mechanism-of-ovulation-NpmcjtE4l2
SP - 343
EP - 355
VL - 27
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -