Showing papers on "Sterculia foetida published in 1964"
TL;DR: Deutschman et al. as discussed by the authors showed that cyclopropenoid compounds had alcohol, ether, ester and hydrocarbon functional groups in the yolk of five laying hens, who were fed 88 mg of sterculene dissolved in 0.5 gram of corn oil daily for 10 days.
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01 Jan 1964
TL;DR: The influence of Sterculia foetida oil on sexual maturity was determined as indicated by the age of the rat at the time the vagina opened and the length of the estrous cycles.
Abstract: Edward T. Sheehan. EFFECTS OF DIGESTION OF STERCULIA FOET3DA OIL ON THE SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEMALE RAT. M. S. Thesis, Committee on Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition. The University of Arizona, 1964. Previous workers have shown that Sterculia foetida oil is a rich source of the Balphen-active cyclopropenoid fatty acid, stercullc. This fatty acid produces several abnormal biological effects in the avian species, one of which is delay of the sexual development of pullets. In this thesis the effect of this oil on the sexual development of the female rat is reported. Groups of 10 weanling female Sprague-Dawley albino rats were fed purified diets with 4$ corn oil or k'fo safflower oil control diets, or control diets substituted with 2$ Or 3$ Sterculia foetida oil to determine the influence of Sterculia foetida oil on sexual maturity as indicated by the age of the rat at the time the vagina opened and the length of the estrous cycles. In addition, the effects of Sterculia foetida oil on growth and weights of certain organs were noted. Feeding of 2% safflower oil-2% Sterculia foetida oil diet delayed sexual maturity as shown by delayed opening of the vagina
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