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Interference with Testosterone-induced Growth of the Seminal Vesicles and Coagulating Glands in Male Mice by a Folic Acid Antagonist

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IT has been established that adequate amount, of folic acid are necessary for the elicitation by œstrogens of the growth response of the female genital tract in the chick1,2 and monkey3. Recently, it has been reported that folic acid antagonists markedly decreased the growth response to œ"strogens of the genital tracts of the female chick4,5, rodent6 and frog7.

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  1. Department of Histology, College of Dentistry, New York University,

    E. D. GOLDSMITH, HERMAN M. BLACK & Ross F. NIGRELLI

  2. New York Aquarium, New York Zoological Society,

    E. D. GOLDSMITH, HERMAN M. BLACK & Ross F. NIGRELLI

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GOLDSMITH, E., BLACK, H. & NIGRELLI, R. Interference with Testosterone-induced Growth of the Seminal Vesicles and Coagulating Glands in Male Mice by a Folic Acid Antagonist. Nature 164, 62–63 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164062b0

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