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Adult female rats were given a protein-free diet for 5 weeks and their response to graded amounts of gonadotrophic hormones determined. Protein-deficient rats responded to FSH with follicular growth at the same dosage levels as adult hypophysectomized rats of similar age and body weight. ICSH, as judged by stimulation of interstitial tissue, was slightly more effective in protein-deficient than in hypophysectomized rats. HCG and PMS induced follicular growth, corpus luteum formation and increased uterine weights in protein-deficient rats at one-half the dosages necessary in normal immature rats.
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