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Anti-œstrogenic Effects of Bovine Pineal Glands

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GONADOTROPIC activity of the pineal glands has been the subject of several extensive researches1,2. However, there is some discrepancy in the reported effects of pineal implants or pineal extracts on the œstrogenic manifestations. It is still uncertain whether the pineal gland contains both cestrogenic and anti-œstrogenic, antagonistically acting substances, or only one of them. Moreover, the reported results have been inconclusive as to the influence on pineal gonadotropic activity of such factors as species, age and sex of animals used as tissue donors1–6.

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    TEODOR JUSZKIEWICZ & ZOFIA RAKALSKA

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JUSZKIEWICZ, T., RAKALSKA, Z. Anti-œstrogenic Effects of Bovine Pineal Glands. Nature 200, 1329–1330 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001329a0

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