Chem. Abstracts:

Variations in the rhodanese activity induced by injection
of chorionic gonadotropin. Felix Sanz Sanchez and Enrique
Castella Bertran. Anales facultad vet.univ. Madrid y inst.
invest. vet. 3, 78-82(1951)(English summaryl.--The rhoda-
nese content of the liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, heart, lungs,
testicles, seminal vesicles, semen, epididymis, prostate,
pouchy folds of the vasa deferens, stomach, small intes-
tines, and muscle of 9 male control rats was compared with
the rhodanese content of the same organs extd. from 7 other
male rats after subcutaneous injection of 5 international
units of an aq. soln. of chorionic gonadotropin 24 hrs. before
being killed. This injection produces a very strong de-
crease in the activity of the enzyme, more pronounced in
the genital app. where the activity is reduced to 10% of its
original value, less marked in the liver, kidneys, lungs, and
stomach with reduction to 25% of its original activity, and
quite weak in the other organs where it is reduced to about
50% of its original activity. W. R. Eichler
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